Operations Research

A program that focuses on the development and application of complex mathematical or simulation models to solve problems involving operational systems, where the system concerned is subject to human intervention. Includes instruction in advanced multivariate analysis, application of judgment and statistical tests, optimization theory and techniques, resource allocation theory, mathematical modeling, control theory, statistical analysis, and applications to specific research problems.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 37 institutions across the United States, with a total of 5775 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

54

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

445

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

168

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,126

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

114

degrees awarded

Other Awards

3,868

awards given

Top Schools for Operations Research

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
1,368
2 University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
798
3 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
735
4 Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA
582
5 Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
306
6 Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
252
7 United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
228
8 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA
228
9 Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
204
10 Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
153
11 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
102
12 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
96
13 Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
84
14 United States Air Force Academy
USAF Academy, CO
78
15 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
69
16 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
63
17 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
60
18 United States Coast Guard Academy
New London, CT
60
19 Rice University
Houston, TX
45
20 United States Military Academy
West Point, NY
42
21 Northeastern University
Boston, MA
39
22 University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
30
23 Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
24
24 George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
21
25 Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL
21
26 Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
18
27 Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH
12
28 Villanova University
Villanova, PA
12
29 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
9
30 Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO
6
31 New York University
New York, NY
6
32 Utah State University
Logan, UT
6
33 Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
6
34 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
3
35 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
3
36 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
3
37 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
3