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Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Southwest Region

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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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs were the most popular 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 Colleges.

#1

Rice University

Houston, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Rice University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for operations research students. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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The excellent programs at Southern Methodist University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best operations research schools in the Southwest Region . SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

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Best Operations Research Colleges by State

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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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