Operations Research at Carnegie Mellon University

What traits are you looking for in a operations research school? To help you decide if Carnegie Mellon University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's operations research program.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Operations Research section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Operations Research Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Operations Research
• Doctorate Degree in Operations Research

Carnegie Mellon Operations Research Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in operations research from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #19 most popular school for operations research master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in operations research, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Operations Research Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the operations research majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Operations Research Master’s Program

Of the 5 operations research students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Carnegie Mellon, about 40% were men and 60% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in operations research.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in operations research. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Environmental Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Biological Engineering

Careers That Operations Research Grads May Go Into

A degree in operations research can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Operations Research Analysts	3,630	$87,210

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.