2025 Best General Operations Research Schools in California

If you plan on majoring in general operations research, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #332 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for general operations research students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 428 degrees in general operations research annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall General Operations Research Schools List

Pick Your General Operations Research Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Operations Research Schools in California list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for General Operations Research in California

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general operations research degree levels they offer.

Top California Schools in General Operations Research

1

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

261 General Operations Research Degrees Awarded

26.4% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat University of California - Berkeley if you wish to pursue a degree in general operations research. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in general operations research from University of California - Berkeley

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

40.0% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in general operations research needs to take a look at University of Southern California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in general operations research from University of Southern California

Best General Operations Research Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best General Operations Research Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	831	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Operations Research

One of 0 majors within the Operations Research area of study, General Operations Research has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.