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Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Operations Research School for You

Operations Research is the #132 most popular major in the country with 1,191 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Operations Research Colleges.

Our analysis found Northeastern University to be the most popular school for operations research students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Full Operations Research at Northeastern University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great place for operations research students. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Read full report on Operations Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Best Operations Research Colleges by State

Explore the best operations research colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 55

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

Majors Similar to Operations Research

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.

  • 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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