2022 Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 1,760 people earned their degree in operations research, making the major the 198th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, operations research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $79,967 and had an average of $28,139 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 169 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 126 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in operations research. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent operations research programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the operations research program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 62 masters’s operations research degrees to qualified students.

UIUC also made our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Operations Research at UIUC

#2

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 4 masters’s operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Operations Research at Illinois Tech

#3

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$47,958 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified masters’s operations research students in 2019-2020.

Case Western also made our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958.

Read full report on Operations Research at Case Western Reserve University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (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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