Operations Research at Southern Methodist University

Every operations research school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the operations research program at Southern Methodist University stacks up to those at other schools.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 12,373.

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.

SMU Operations Research Degrees Available

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

SMU Operations Research Rankings

The operations research major at SMU 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 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in operations research, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Operations Research Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Operations Research Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of operations research bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical operations research bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at SMU since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in operations research at SMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's in operations research.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SMU Operations Research Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of operations research master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a operations research master's degree from SMU, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Methodist 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	2
International Students	1
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 Southern Methodist University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Operations Research	43

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Civil 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 TX, the home state for Southern Methodist 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

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