Operations Research at Columbia University in the City of New York

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 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.

Columbia Operations Research Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Research
Master’s Degree in Operations Research

Columbia Operations Research Rankings

The operations research major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Operations Research. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in operations research, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Operations Research Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the operations research majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Operations Research Bachelor’s Program

56% Women

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of operations research bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical operations research bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its operations research bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in operations research.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Columbia Operations Research Master’s Program

45% Women

7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of operations research master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in operations research.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	326
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Concentrations Within Operations Research

If you plan to be a operations research major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Columbia University in the City of New York. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Operations Research	399

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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Operations Research Analysts	5,790	$102,560
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460

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
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