When it comes to popularity, operations research sits in the middle of the road, ranking #203 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for operations research students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 650 degrees in operations research during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The operations research school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Operations Research Schools in New York.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the operations research degree levels they offer.
Columbia University in the City of New York is a great option for students pursuing a degree in operations research. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Those operations research students who get their degree from Columbia University in the City of New York receive $4,832 more than the typical operations research graduate.
Cornell University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in operations research. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca.
After graduating, operations research degree recipients usually earn around $89,655 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
