2023 Most Popular Operations Research Schools
Finding the Best Operations Research 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.
The Most Popular Operations Research Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 35 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Operations Research program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Operations Research Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Operations Research Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the most popular school in the United States for operations research students. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Naval Postgraduate School. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Operations Research Schools list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public school with a small student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Operations Research Schools list. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Operations Research Schools list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.
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Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Operations Research Schools list. Located in the suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB, AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a public school with a small student population.
With a ranking of #6, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for operations research students. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for operations research students. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.
With a ranking of #8, Baruch College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for operations research students. Located in the large city of New York, Baruch is a public college with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #9, Northeastern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for operations research students. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
University of Dayton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for operations research students. It came in at #10 on the list. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.
Operations Research by Region
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Majors Related to Operations Research
Operations Research is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 25 schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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