2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Operations Management in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

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In 2019-2020, 8,397 people earned their degree in operations management, making the major the 152nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 905 operations management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 operations management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Maintenance Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in operations management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality operations management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the operations management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Maintenance Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Maintenance Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Operations Management in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Avila University

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$7,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Avila University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Maintenance Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s maintenance management degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Avila, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Operations Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Avila University are $7,798.

Read full report on Operations Management at Avila

#2

Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

$10,870 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Mercy University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Maintenance Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Mount Mercy University is a small school located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that handed out 7 masters’s maintenance management degrees in 2019-2020.

Mount Mercy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Operations Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Mercy University are $10,870, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Operations Management at Mount Mercy

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Operations Management (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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