2024 Best Operations Research Schools in Illinois

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Operations Research Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 33 degrees in operations research to qualified students.

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Pick Your Operations Research Degree Level

The operations research school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Operations Research Schools in Illinois. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Operations Research in Illinois

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the operations research degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Illinois Schools in Operations Research

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in operations research needs to take a look at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in operations research from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is hard to beat Illinois Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a degree in operations research. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in operations research from Illinois Institute of Technology

Best Operations Research Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Operations Research Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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Rankings in Majors Related to Operations Research

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Operations Research has other similar majors worth exploring.

Operations Research Concentrations

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Majors Similar to Operations Research

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.