2023 Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 Southwest Region for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research in the Southwest Region

1

Rice University
Houston, Texas

#1 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Rice University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s operations research degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Operations Research at Rice

2

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

#10 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Operations Research Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s operations research students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Operations Research at Southern Methodist University

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research

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.