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Operations Research at Rice University

What traits are you looking for in a operations research school? To help you decide if Rice University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's operations research program.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 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.

Rice Operations Research Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Operations Research

Rice Operations Research Rankings

Operations Research Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Operations Research Master’s Program

58% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The operations research program at Rice awarded 12 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 42% of these degrees went to men with the other 58% going to women.

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In the operations research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rice University 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 1
White 1
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Operations Research Analysts 11,190 $82,660
Natural Sciences Managers 2,620 $127,270

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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