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Columbia University in the City of New York MS in Operations Research

328 Master's Degrees Awarded
$148,663 Average Salary
YES Online Classes

The main focus area for this major is General Operations Research. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Operations Research is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in operations research, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Operations Research from Columbia Cost?

$51,194 Average Tuition and Fees

Columbia Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Columbia was $1,974 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$49,024$49,024
Fees$2,170$2,170

How Much Can You Make With a MS in Operations Research From Columbia?

$148,663 Average Salary
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operations research who receive their master’s degree from Columbia make an average of $148,663 a year during the early days of their career. That is 44% higher than the national average of $103,000.

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Does Columbia Offer an Online MS in Operations Research?

Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the operations research master’s degree program at Columbia. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Online Learning page.

Columbia Master’s Student Diversity for Operations Research

328 Master's Degrees Awarded
52.1% Women
1.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 328 master’s degrees in operations research handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 52.1% of the students who received their MS in operations research in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 40.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 1.8% of operations research master’s degree recipients at Columbia in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 9%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian4
Black or African American1
Hispanic or Latino0
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White6
International Students313
Other Races/Ethnicities4

MS in Operations Research Focus Areas at Columbia

Operations Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
General Operations Research328

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Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Biomedical Engineering86
Chemical Engineering59
Civil Engineering113
Computer Engineering29
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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