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2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$58,524 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Operations Research School for You

In 2020-2021, 8 degrees and certificates were awarded to operations research students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #203 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Pennsylvania ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Operations Research Colleges.

Best Operations Research School

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA
$58,524 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Carnegie Mellon University to be the best value school for operations research students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $58,524 per year.

Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Operations Research Schools in Pennsylvania list.

Full Operations Research at Carnegie Mellon University Report

Best Value Operations Research Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Operations Research Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 526
Maryland 0
New Jersey 25
Delaware 0

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

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

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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