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2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$52,742 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,988 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Operations Research School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, operations research was ranked #132 in the country. In fact 1,191 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which 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 Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Operations Research Colleges.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Operations Research

Our analysis found University of California - Berkeley to be the best value school for operations research students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Berkeley are $43,980 per year.

UC Berkeley did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Operations Research Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Operations Research at University of California - Berkeley Report

The excellent programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best operations research schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at USC are $61,503 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, USC also is in the top 10% of our Best Operations Research Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

Read full report on Operations Research at University of Southern California

Best Operations Research Colleges by State

Explore the best operations research schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 292

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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 2 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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