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Operations Research at Rice University

Operations Research at Rice University

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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643.

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.

Rice Operations Research Degrees Available

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

Rice Operations Research Rankings

The operations research major at Rice 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.

Operations Research Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Operations Research Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of operations research bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

Rice Operations Research Master’s Program

38% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 62% of operations research master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 10
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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rice University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Operations Research 12

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Operations Research Analysts 11,190 $82,660
Natural Sciences Managers 2,620 $127,270

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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