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Operations Research at Columbia University in the City of New York

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Operations Research at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study operations research, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 320 students received their master's degree in operations research.

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

Columbia Operations Research Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Operations Research
  • Doctorate Degree in Operations Research

Columbia Operations Research Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in operations research, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Operations Research Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the operations research majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Operations Research Master’s Program

47% Women
3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 320 students earned a master's degree in operations research from Columbia. About 47% of these graduates were women and the other 53% were men.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in operations research.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 9
International Students 299
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Operations Research Grads May Go Into

A degree in operations research can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Operations Research Analysts 5,790 $102,560
Natural Sciences Managers 1,360 $148,460

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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