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Operations Research at Cornell University

If you are interested in studying operations research, you may want to check out the program at Cornell University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 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.

Cornell Operations Research Degrees Available

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

Cornell 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 Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the operations research majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Operations Research Master’s Program

49% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 students earned a master's degree in operations research from Cornell. About 49% of these graduates were women and the other 51% were men.

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In the operations research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 17% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 19
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 109
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 Cornell University.

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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