2025 Best Operations Management Associate Degree Schools

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 18 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for operations management students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 169 associate degrees in operations management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Operations Management School for Your Associate Degree

The maintenance management associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality maintenance management program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to operations management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of operations management students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized operations management related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Operations Management Associate Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Operations Management in the United States

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

10 Top Schools for an Associate in Maintenance Management

1

Valencia College
Orlando, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Valencia College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in operations management. Valencia College is a very large public college located in the city of Orlando.More information about a associate in operations management from Valencia College

2

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Green Bay, WI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in operations management needs to take a look at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Located in the medium-sized city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in operations management from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

3

Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Broward College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in operations management. Located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale, BC is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in operations management from Broward College

4

Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Florida State College at Jacksonville is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in operations management. FSCJ is a very large public college located in the large city of Jacksonville.More information about a associate in operations management from Florida State College at Jacksonville

5

Seminole State College of Florida
Sanford, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Seminole State is a fairly large public college located in the small city of Sanford.More information about a associate in operations management from Seminole State College of Florida

6

Albany Technical College
Albany, GA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Albany, Albany Technical College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in operations management from Albany Technical College

7

Joliet Junior College
Joliet, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Joliet, Joliet Junior College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in operations management from Joliet Junior College

8

Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

HCC is a fairly large public college located in the city of Tampa.More information about a associate in operations management from Hillsborough Community College

9

Pasco-Hernando State College
New Port Richey, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

PHSC is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of New Port Richey.More information about a associate in operations management from Pasco-Hernando State College

10

Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, GA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Georgia Military College is a moderately-sized public college located in the town of Milledgeville.More information about a associate in operations management from Georgia Military College

Operations Management by Region

View the Best Operations Management Associate Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Maintenance Management

One of 16 majors within the Business Administration & Management area of study, Operations Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Maintenance Management

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	56,420
Office Administration	1,042
Interior Design Management	973
Supply Chain Management	797
Organizational Leadership	335
Transportation/Mobility Management	86
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	64
Retail Management	54
Project Management	24
Customer Service Management	17

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.