by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 California, there were 368 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,988 and $16,250 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in California” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in operations research. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in operations research.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in California”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Naval Postgraduate School landed the #1 spot on the list. Naval Postgraduate School is located in Monterey, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 170 ’s operations research degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Berkeley, California, this large public school awarded 192 diplomas to qualified ’s operations research students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of California - Berkeley Operations Research Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #3 spot on the list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s operations research degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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