2025 Best Operations Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in operations management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #296 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 13 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Operations Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 85 associate degrees in operations management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Operations Management School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of operations management for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on operations management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other operations management students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized operations management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for operations management students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Operations Management Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Operations Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Operations Management in the Southeast Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for operations management students seeking a an associate degree.

10 Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Maintenance Management

1

Valencia College
Orlando, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Valencia College is a good decision for individuals pursuing an associate degree in operations management. Located in the large city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in operations management from Valencia College

2

Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Broward College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in operations management. BC is a very large public college located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale.More information about a associate in operations management from Broward College

3

Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Florida State College at Jacksonville is a good option for students pursuing an associate degree in operations management. Located in the city of Jacksonville, FSCJ is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in operations management from Florida State College at Jacksonville

4

Seminole State College of Florida
Sanford, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Seminole State College of Florida is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in operations management. Located in the small city of Sanford, Seminole State is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in operations management from Seminole State College of Florida

5

Albany Technical College
Albany, GA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Albany Technical College is a small public college located in the city of Albany.More information about a associate in operations management from Albany Technical College

6

Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Tampa, HCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in operations management from Hillsborough Community College

7

Pasco-Hernando State College
New Port Richey, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of New Port Richey, PHSC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in operations management from Pasco-Hernando State College

8

Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, GA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Milledgeville, Georgia Military College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in operations management from Georgia Military College

9

Pitt Community College
Winterville, NC

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Pitt Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the medium-sized suburb of Winterville.More information about a associate in operations management from Pitt Community College

10

Eastern Florida State College
Melbourne, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Melbourne, EFSC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in operations management from Eastern Florida State College

Best Operations Management Colleges by State

Explore the best operations management colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	0
Florida	232	38
North Carolina	231	15
Georgia	217	23
West Virginia	180	12
Virginia	158	0

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Operations Management Related Rankings by Major

Operations Management is one of 16 different types of Business Administration & Management programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Maintenance Management

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	8,015
Interior Design Management	391
Office Administration	288
Supply Chain Management	269
Transportation/Mobility Management	58
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	43
Customer Service Management	17
Organizational Leadership	11
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	3
E-Commerce	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.