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2023 Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for operations research majors pursuing a .

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. Located in the large suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB, AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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#3

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dayton landed the # 3 spot on the list. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

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The excellent programs at Case Western Reserve University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best operations research schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great place for operations research students. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Western Michigan University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular operations research programs. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Operations Research Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 0
Ohio 107
Illinois 52

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

Majors Similar to Operations Research

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 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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