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2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$37,658 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Operations Research School for You

Operations Research is the #132 most popular major in the country with 1,191 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Operations Research Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Operations Research

#1

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO
$48,824 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Saint Louis University to be the best value school for operations research students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . SLU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Louis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SLU are $48,824 per year.

Read full report on Operations Research at Saint Louis University

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS
$26,491 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at K -State are $26,491 a year.

Read full report on Operations Research at Kansas State University

Best Operations Research Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 8
Kansas 4

One of 39 majors within the area of study, operations research has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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