2023 Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region
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.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular 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.
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2023 Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Operations Research Colleges.
Most Popular Great Lakes Region Schools in Operations Research
Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management
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. AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a small public school located in the large suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB.
Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Dayton. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Case Western Reserve University is a great place for operations research students. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cleveland.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great place for operations research students. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Western Michigan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. WMU is a large public school located in the city of Kalamazoo.
Best Operations Research Colleges by State
Explore the best operations research schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 0 |
Illinois | 52 |
Ohio | 107 |
Operations Research Related Majors
One of 39 majors within the area of study, operations research has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Operations Research
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 6 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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