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2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$41,778 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Operations Research School for You

With 55 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, operations research is the #220 most popular major in Texas.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Operations Research Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value programs for operations research students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Operations Research Colleges.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Operations Research

$12,204 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best value school in Texas for operations research students. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Texas A&M College Station undergraduate students pay an average of $12,204 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Operations Research Schools in Texas list, coming in at #4.

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#2

Rice University

Houston, TX
$52,895 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rice University is a great value for operations research students. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

Rice undergraduate students pay an average of $52,895 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rice is ranked #1 for overall quality for operations research in Texas.

Full Operations Research at Rice University Report

$60,236 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in Texas list. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

SMU undergraduate students pay an average of $60,236 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

SMU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Operations Research Schools in Texas list.

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Best Value Operations Research Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Operations Research Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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