2024 Best Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region
3Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
159Operations Research Degrees Awarded
Operations Research is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #203 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 159 degrees in operations research to qualified students.
Your choice of operations research school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for operations research schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Great Lakes Region.
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Best Schools for Operations Research in the Great Lakes Region
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 Great Lakes Region Schools in Operations Research
Case Western Reserve University is a great option for students interested in a degree in operations research. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 23 operations research students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a degree in operations research. UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 46 operations research students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
Illinois Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in operations research. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. This school ranks 9th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 6 operations research students who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of operations research school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for operations research schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
