2024 Best Operations Research Schools in the Southeast Region
3Colleges in the Southeast Region
95Operations Research Degrees Awarded
Operations Research isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #203 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for operations research students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 95 degrees in operations research during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of operations research school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Operations Research School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
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Best Schools for Operations Research in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of operations research degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Operations Research
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a good choice for students interested in a degree in operations research. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #24 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 50 operations research students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
North Carolina State University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in operations research. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 24 operations research students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.
Florida Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in operations research. Located in the city of Melbourne, Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. This school ranks 11th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 20 operations research students who graduated with this degree at Florida Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
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. For our Best Overall Operations Research School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
