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Operations Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Operations Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 11,254. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 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.

MIT Operations Research Degrees Available

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

MIT Operations Research Rankings

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in operations research, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Operations Research Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the operations research majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT Operations Research Master’s Program

36% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 11 students who earned a master's degree in Operations Research from MIT in 2020-2021, 64% were men and 36% were women.

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In the operations research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 18% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Natural Sciences Managers 4,040 $183,490
Operations Research Analysts 3,050 $88,190

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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