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2023 Best Operations Research Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Operations Research Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,191 people earned a degree or certificate in operations research, making the major the #132 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Operations Research Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 18 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for operations research majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Operations Research Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for operations research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Rice University

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools list. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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#3

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Princeton University is a great place for operations research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great place for operations research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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University of California - Berkeley ranked #6 on this year’s Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for operations research students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Case Western Reserve University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree operations research programs. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Southern California came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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North Carolina State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree operations research programs. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

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Operations Research is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 18 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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