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Most Popular Operations Research Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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2023 Most Popular Operations Research Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Operations Research Doctor's Degree School for You

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

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Most Popular Operations Research Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Operations Research program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for operations research majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our analysis found Case Western Reserve University to be the most popular school for operations research students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Case Western is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cleveland.

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Our 2023 rankings named Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for operations research students working on their doctor’s degree. AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a small public school located in the suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB.

Read full report on Operations Research at Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management

Best Operations Research Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 0
Illinois 52
Ohio 107

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).

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