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2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$56,566 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Operations Research School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, operations research was ranked #132 in the country. In fact 1,191 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for operations research students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Operations Research

#1

Rice University

Houston, TX

Our analysis found Rice University to be the best value school for operations research students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Rice are $52,895 a year.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our Best Operations Research Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

Read full report on Operations Research at Rice University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

SMU undergraduate students pay an average of $60,236 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, SMU is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Operations Research Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Operations Research at Southern Methodist University Report

Best Operations Research Colleges by State

Explore the best operations research colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 18

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

Majors Similar to Operations Research

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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