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2023 Best Value Operations Research Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$32,909 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Operations Research Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,191 people earned a degree or certificate in operations research, making the major the #132 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for operations research students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Operations Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the operations research graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Operations Research

#1

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

Our analysis found University of Dayton to be the best value school for operations research students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UDayton are $18,140 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UDayton also did well on our Best Operations Research Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Operations Research at University of Dayton Report

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Saint Louis University is a great value for operations research students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SLU are $22,614 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, SLU also did well on our Best Operations Research Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Operations Research at Saint Louis University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great value for operations research students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Operations Research Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Operations Research at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Out of the 4 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GMU are $37,956 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GMU also is in the top 10% of our Best Operations Research Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

Full Operations Research at George Mason University Report

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

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools 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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