2023 Most Popular Operations Research Master's Degree Schools
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 Most Popular Operations Research Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Operations Research Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Operations Research Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Columbia University in the City of New York to be the most popular school for operations research students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 47% of the operations research majors at the school.
Read full report on Operations Research at Columbia University in the City of New York
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Cornell University is a great place for operations research students working on their master’s degree. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.
Women make up 49% of the operations research majors at the school.
Read full report on Operations Research at Cornell University
Out of the 29 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 3 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.
Women make up 53% of the operations research majors at the school.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naval Postgraduate School. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public school with a small student population.
Women make up 19% of the operations research majors at the school.
Read full report on Operations Research at Naval Postgraduate School
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
Of the 46 students majoring in operations research at UIUC, 70% are male and 30% are female.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 37 students majoring in operations research at Georgia Tech, 59% are male and 41% are female.
Baruch College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of New York, Baruch is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 61% of the students majoring in operations research at the school are women while 39% are male.
Northeastern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Women make up 38% of the operations research majors at the school.
Read full report on Operations Research at Northeastern University
Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management
Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB, AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a public college with a small student population.
Women make up 25% of the operations research majors at the school.
Case Western Reserve University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree operations research programs. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
About 35% of the students majoring in operations research at the school are women while 65% are male.
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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 |
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| 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 29 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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