2024 Best General Operations Research Schools in the Far Western US Region

General Operations Research is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #332 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for general operations research students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 368 degrees in general operations research during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Pick Your General Operations Research Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Operations Research Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for General Operations Research in the Far Western US Region

The schools below may not offer all types of general operations research degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Far Western US Region Schools in General Operations Research

1

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

192 General Operations Research Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat University of California - Berkeley if you want to pursue a degree in general operations research. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in general operations research from University of California - Berkeley

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in general operations research has to look into University of Southern California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in general operations research from University of Southern California

Best General Operations Research Colleges by State

Explore the best general operations research colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	999	284
Washington	831	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Operations Research

One of 0 majors within the Operations Research area of study, General Operations Research has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.