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2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research in the Southeast Region

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74 Degrees Awarded
$32,900 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that 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.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 5 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 Southeast Region for a Master’s

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

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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 #1 for the Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Operations Research Report

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit institution located in Melbourne, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Operations Research at Florida Tech

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North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s operations research degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read more about Operations Research at North Carolina State University

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Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Georgia State is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Operations Research at Georgia State

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University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 0 masters’s operations research degrees 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Operations Research at University of Arkansas

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