2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Operations Research for a Master’s

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In 2020-2021, 1,698 people earned their degree in operations research, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, operations research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $84,787 and had an average of $14,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 159 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Operations Research for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in operations research. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent operations research programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the operations research program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Operations Research for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree vets studying operations research.

Top 2 Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

10 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Operations Research for a Master’s list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s operations research degrees to 46 students in 2020-2021.

UIUC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Of the 52,679 students enrolled at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 10 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Veteran Student Life Report

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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

109 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$18,799 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Operations Research for a Master’s. Case Western Reserve University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 masters’s operations research degrees to qualified students.

Case Western not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, Case Western Reserve University supports 11,465 students, and 109 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 69 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,799. To help with additional expenses, 35 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Case Western Reserve University]](/colleges/case-western-reserve-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.