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2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 1,698 people earned their degree in operations research, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, operations research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $84,787 and had an average of $14,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 70 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in operations research.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree operations research students.

Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research in the Southwest Region

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Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 doctorate’s operations research degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

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