by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Operations Research is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 1,698 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southeast region, there were 95 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 74 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Melbourne, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s operations research degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 37 masters’s operations research degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #3 spot on the list. NC State is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full North Carolina State University Operations Research Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s operations research degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Operations Research at Georgia State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s operations research students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Operations Research at University of Arkansas
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