General Operations Research at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620.

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.

Cornell General Operations Research Degrees Available

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

Cornell General Operations Research Rankings

The general operations research major at Cornell 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 Cornell

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

Cornell 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 Cornell since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in general operations research.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	19
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Cornell General Operations Research Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of general operations research master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	119
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Cornell University.

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.