Operations Research is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #206 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in the Southwest Region to review for the 2025 Best Operations Research Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
The 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 Operations Research Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in operations research has to take a look at Southern Methodist University. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the operations research program report average early career income of $72,658.
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.
