Operations Research at North Carolina State University

If you plan to study operations research, take a look at what North Carolina State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 36,042.

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.

NC State Operations Research Degrees Available

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

NC State 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in operations research, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Operations Research Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the operations research majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Operations Research Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students graduated with a master's degree in operations research from NC State. About 82% were men and 18% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Carolina State 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	6
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Agricultural 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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Operations Research Analysts	2,980	$84,860
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.