2025 Best Operations Research Schools in the New England Region

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.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of operations research. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 69 degrees in operations research annually.

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

• Best Overall Operations Research Schools List

Operations Research Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Operations Research Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Operations Research in the New England Region

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.

Top New England Region Schools in Operations Research

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in operations research has to check out Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.More information about a degree in operations research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Northeastern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in operations research. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in operations research from Northeastern University

Best Operations Research Colleges by State

Explore the best operations research schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	301	55
Connecticut	241	43

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Operations Research Related Rankings by Major

Operations Research is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Operations Research Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Operations Research	69

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Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	3,183
Electrical Engineering	1,753
Computer Engineering	1,516
Biomedical Engineering	1,247
Civil Engineering	1,118
General Engineering	923
Chemical Engineering	747
Other Engineering	529
Engineering Science	424
Industrial Engineering	390

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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.