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2023 Best Operations Research Schools in California

2 Colleges
$45,988 Avg Salary
$16,250 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Operations Research School for You

Operations Research is the #68 most popular major in California with 292 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Operations Research Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Operations Research Schools in California

Check out the operations research programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top California Schools in Operations Research

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best school in California for operations research students. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Operations Research Schools in California list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Read full report on Operations Research at University of Southern California

Best Operations Research Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded

One of 39 majors within the area of study, operations research has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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