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2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$47,513 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Operations Research School for You

Operations Research is the #201 most popular major in the country with 1,698 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for operations research students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the operations research programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Operations Research

#1

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

Our analysis found University of Dayton to be the best value school for operations research students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UDayton are $44,890 a year.

UDayton also claimed a spot on our Best Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Operations Research at University of Dayton

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UIUC are $37,632 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UIUC is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Read full report on Operations Research at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great value for operations research students. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Illinois Tech are $50,375 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Case Western are $54,532 per year.

Case Western also claimed a spot on our Best Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Operations Research at Case Western Reserve University Report

Best Operations Research Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 0
Ohio 107
Illinois 52

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Operations Research is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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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