General Operations Research at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you are interested in studying general operations research, you may want to check out the program at Columbia University in the City of New York. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135.

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

Columbia General Operations Research Degrees Available

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

Columbia General Operations Research Rankings

The general operations research major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 general operations research, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Operations Research Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia General Operations Research Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of general operations research bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical general 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 general 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 general 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 General Operations Research Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of general 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 general 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

Careers That General Operations Research Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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
• Image Credit: By Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.