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2023 Best Value Operations Research Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$41,836 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Operations Research Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,191 people earned a degree or certificate in operations research, making the major the #132 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Operations Research Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for operations research students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for operations research majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Operations Research

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in the United States for operations research students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UC Berkeley also did well on our Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia Tech are $31,334 per year.

Georgia Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NC State also is in the top 15% of our Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great value for operations research students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

MIT graduate students pay an average of $58,967 in tuition and fees each year.

MIT did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#5

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Princeton graduate students pay an average of $58,790 in tuition and fees each year.

Princeton not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#6

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree operations research programs. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

Cornell graduate students pay an average of $30,006 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Cornell also is in the top 5% of our Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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#7

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for operations research students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $47,347 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Carnegie Mellon is in the top 1% of all schools on our Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for operations research students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 a year.

Columbia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Read full report on Operations Research at Columbia University in the City of New York

#9

New York University

New York, NY

New York University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for operations research students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NYU is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Read full report on Operations Research at New York University

Operations Research by Region

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Operations Research is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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