Operations Research at Princeton University

Every operations research school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the operations research program at Princeton University stacks up to those at other schools.

Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey and approximately 7,853 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 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.

Princeton Operations Research Degrees Available

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

Princeton 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 Princeton

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

Princeton Operations Research Master’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a master's degree in Operations Research from Princeton in 2020-2021, 46% were men and 54% were women.

In the operations research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

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 NJ, the home state for Princeton University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Operations Research Analysts	3,000	$106,820

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
• Image Credit: By Quantockgoblin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.