2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Operations Research in California

When it comes to popularity, a doctor's degree in operations research sits in the middle of the road, ranking #128 out of 295 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for operations research students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 16 doctor's degrees in operations research to qualified students.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for operations research.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Operations Research in California

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in operations research.

Most Well Attended Schools for Operations Research Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

16 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of California - Berkeley if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in operations research. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in operations research in California. More information about a doctorate in operations research from University of California - Berkeley

2

Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Naval Postgraduate School if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in operations research. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Monterey. More information about a doctorate in operations research from Naval Postgraduate School

Best Operations Research Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Operations Research Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Operations Research Related Rankings by Major

One of 40 majors within the Engineering area of study, Operations Research has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Operations Research

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	350
Mechanical Engineering	225
Biomedical Engineering	164
Civil Engineering	139
Chemical Engineering	116
Materials Engineering	84
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	37
Other Engineering	32
Computer Engineering	29
Engineering Physics	22

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.