2025 Best General Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region

A degree in general operations research is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #332 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for general operations research students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 142 degrees in general operations research annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall General Operations Research Schools List

Pick Your General Operations Research Degree Level

The general operations research 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 General Operations Research Schools in the Great Lakes Region. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for General Operations Research in the Great Lakes Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general operations research degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in General Operations Research

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general operations research. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a degree in general operations research from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Case Western Reserve University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general operations research. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a degree in general operations research from Case Western Reserve University

Best General Operations Research Colleges by State

Explore the best general operations research schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	51
Michigan	915	0
Illinois	870	52

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Operations Research

One of 0 majors within the Operations Research area of study, General Operations Research has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.