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2023 Most Popular Operations Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Operations Research Graduate Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Operations Research Graduate Certificate 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 graduate certificate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Operations Research Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

Our analysis found University of Dayton to be the most popular school for operations research students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 28 students majoring in operations research at UDayton, 79% are male and 21% are female.

Full Operations Research at University of Dayton Report

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 graduate certificate. AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a small public school located in the suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB.

Of the 28 students majoring in operations research at AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management, 79% are male and 21% are female.

Full Operations Research at Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management Report

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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