A program that focuses on the development and application of complex mathematical or simulation models to solve problems involving operational systems, where the system concerned is subject to human intervention. Includes instruction in advanced multivariate analysis, application of judgment and statistical tests, optimization theory and techniques, resource allocation theory, mathematical modeling, control theory, statistical analysis, and applications to specific research problems.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 402 | 3% | $76,856 |
| 2 | Cornell University | 249 | 4% | $73,904 |
| 3 | Naval Postgraduate School | 152 | 6% | N/A |
| 4 | University of California-Berkeley | 81 | 1% | $38,066 |
| 5 | Princeton University | 67 | 4% | $70,900 |
| 6 | United States Naval Academy | 64 | 6% | N/A |
| 7 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 60 | 1% | $30,102 |
| 8 | Southern Methodist University | 60 | 2% | $74,737 |
| 9 | Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management | 56 | 12% | N/A |
| 10 | Case Western Reserve University | 43 | 2% | $67,332 |
| 11 | United States Air Force Academy | 34 | 3% | N/A |
| 12 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 32 | 1% | $32,681 |
| 13 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29 | 0% | $28,776 |
| 14 | United States Military Academy | 23 | 2% | N/A |
| 15 | Northeastern University | 21 | 0% | $70,592 |
| 16 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 21 | 10% | N/A |
| 17 | Florida Institute of Technology | 18 | 1% | $59,530 |
| 18 | 13 | 0% | $23,977 | |
| 19 | University of Southern California | 9 | 0% | $74,825 |
| 20 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 8 | 0% | $29,506 |
| 21 | 5 | 0% | $24,923 | |
| 22 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5 | 0% | $70,240 |
| 23 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 3 | 0% | $65,386 |
| 24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 2 | 0% | $72,283 |
| 25 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 1 | 0% | $32,443 |
| 26 | 1 | 0% | $26,091 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Operations Research program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.