2024 Best Operations Research Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
4Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
852Operations Research Degrees Awarded
$94,487Avg Early-Career Salary
Operations Research is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #203 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic 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 852 degrees in operations research during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of operations research school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for operations research schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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Best Schools for Operations Research in the Middle Atlantic Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the operations research degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Operations Research
Any student who is interested in operations research needs to look into Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. This university ranks 2nd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 376 operations research students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available. Operations Research degree recipients from Columbia University in the City of New York earn a boost of about $4,832 above the average earnings of operations research graduates.
Princeton University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in operations research. Located in the small city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Princeton is a great university overall.
There were roughly 91 operations research students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Carnegie Mellon University if you want to pursue a degree in operations research. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were about 9 operations research students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in operations research has to check out Cornell University. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 228 operations research students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the operations research program earn about $89,655 in their early career salary.
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).
Your choice of operations research school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for operations research schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
