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

Operations Research isn't the most popular doctorate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #128 in popularity out of 295 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Operations Research in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 27 doctor's degrees in operations research during the 2019-2020 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Other Rankings

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great Operations Research School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in operations research matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Operations Research in New York ranking.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for operations research, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Operations Research Schools

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for operations research.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Operations Research in New York

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for operations research students seeking a a doctor's degree.

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

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

13 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Columbia University in the City of New York is a popular option for individuals pursuing a doctor's 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. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in operations research in New York.

There were roughly 13 operations research students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in operations research from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

11 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Cornell University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in operations research. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in operations research in New York.

There were about 11 operations research students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in operations research from Cornell University

3

New York University
New York, NY

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at New York University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in operations research. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in operations research in New York.

There were about 3 operations research students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in operations research from New York University

Best Operations Research Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Operations Research Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	6
New Jersey	113	13

View All Rankings >

Rankings in Majors Related to Operations Research

Operations Research is one of 40 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Operations Research

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	149
Mechanical Engineering	97
Chemical Engineering	77
Biomedical Engineering	73
Civil Engineering	57
Materials Engineering	32
Industrial Engineering	28
Other Engineering	23
Engineering Physics	16
Environmental Engineering	15

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.