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Operations Research at Columbia University in the City of New York

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.

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

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

45% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 55% of operations research master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

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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 23
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 21
International Students 326
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Concentrations Within Operations Research

If you plan to be a operations research major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Columbia University in the City of New York. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Operations Research 342

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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