2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research in the Far Western US Region

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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 Far Western US region, there were 368 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,988 and $16,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in operations research. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in operations research.

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Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research in the Far Western US Region

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University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, California

#3 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. UC Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 76 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Operations Research at University of California - Berkeley

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s operations research degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.