Operations Management at Washington State University

If you plan to study operations management, take a look at what Washington State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wazzu is located in Pullman, Washington and has a total student population of 31,478. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 146 students received a bachelor's degree in maintenance management from Wazzu.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Operations Management section at the bottom of this page.

Wazzu Operations Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Maintenance Management

Online Classes Are Available at Wazzu

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Wazzu does offer online education options in maintenance management for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Wazzu Operations Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the maintenance management progam at Wazzu compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The maintenance management major at Wazzu is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Operations Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Operations Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Operations Management Schools	7

Maintenance Management Student Demographics at Wazzu

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the maintenance management majors at Washington State University.

Wazzu Operations Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 146 maintenance management students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from Wazzu, about 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical maintenance management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Wazzu since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in maintenance management at Wazzu are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its maintenance management bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor's in maintenance management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	92
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Wazzu also has a doctoral program available in maintenance management. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Business Administration and Management

Careers That Maintenance Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in maintenance management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Washington State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	14,920	$73,510
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	12,860	$72,760
Construction Managers	8,560	$100,180
Logisticians	6,270	$90,240

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
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More about our data sources and methodologies.