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Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Plains States Region

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2023 Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Plains States Region

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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 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 Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Operations Research Colleges.

#1

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

Our analysis found Saint Louis University to be the most popular 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.

Read full report on Operations Research at Saint Louis University

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The excellent programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best operations research schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Operations Research at Kansas State University Report

Best Operations Research Colleges by State

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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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