2024 Best Operations Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Operations Management is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #100 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for operations management students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 133 bachelor's degrees in operations management during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on operations management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of operations management students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized operations management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for operations management students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Operations Management Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Operations Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Operations Management in Illinois

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in operations management.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Maintenance Management

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

26 Annual Graduates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in operations management. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in operations management from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL

100 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in operations management has to take a look at Northern Illinois University. NIU is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Dekalb.More information about a bachelor’s in operations management from Northern Illinois University

3

Governors State University
University Park, IL

6 Annual Graduates

Governors State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in operations management. GSU is a small public university located in the rural area of University Park.More information about a bachelor’s in operations management from Governors State University

Best Operations Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	95
Ohio	612	573
Indiana	535	289
Wisconsin	435	421

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Operations Management Related Rankings by Major

Operations Management is one of 16 different types of Business Administration & Management programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Maintenance Management

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	3,001
Interior Design Management	955
Organizational Leadership	520
Supply Chain Management	164
Office Administration	86
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	23
Retail Management	4
E-Commerce	3

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.