Operations Research at Princeton University

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

Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey and approximately 7,853 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.

Princeton Operations Research Degrees Available

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

Princeton Operations Research Rankings

The operations research major at Princeton 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 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in operations research, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Operations Research Student Demographics at Princeton

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

Princeton Operations Research Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of operations research bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Princeton University with a bachelor's in operations research.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Princeton Operations Research Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of operations research master's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Princeton University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Operations Research	79

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical 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 NJ, the home state for Princeton University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Operations Research Analysts	3,000	$106,820

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 Quantockgoblin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.