2025 Best Operations Management Schools in the Southwest Region
7Colleges in the Southwest Region
483Maintenance Management Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in operations management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #161 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Operations Management Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 483 degrees in operations management to qualified students.
The maintenance management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Operations Management rankings. For our Best Overall Operations Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The maintenance management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Operations Management Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Operations Management in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of maintenance management degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Maintenance Management
University of Arizona is a great choice for students interested in a degree in operations management. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #110 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 41 operations management students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of North Texas if you want to pursue a degree in operations management. UNT is a very large public university located in the city of Denton. A Best Colleges rank of #310 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.
There were about 32 operations management students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
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Every student pursuing a degree in operations management needs to check out Northeastern State University. NSU is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Tahlequah. This university ranks 18th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were approximately 43 operations management students who graduated with this degree at NSU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat The University of Texas at El Paso if you want to pursue a degree in operations management. UTEP is a fairly large public university located in the city of El Paso. This university ranks 49th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 30 operations management students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 78th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 1 operations management students who graduated with this degree at Lamar University in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of The Woodlands, North Harris Montgomery is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #557 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means North Harris Montgomery is a great college overall.
There were roughly 24 operations management students who graduated with this degree at North Harris Montgomery in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Prescott, Yavapai College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 22nd out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 56 operations management students who graduated with this degree at Yavapai College in the most recent data year.
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).
The maintenance management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Operations Management rankings. For our Best Overall Operations Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
