Operations Research at United States Air Force Academy

If you plan to study operations research, take a look at what United States Air Force Academy has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USAFA is located in USAF Academy, Colorado and approximately 4,307 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students received a bachelor's degree in operations research from USAFA.

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.

USAFA Operations Research Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Research

USAFA Operations Research Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks operations research programs across the country. The following shows how USAFA performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The operations research major at USAFA 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Operations Research Schools	6
Most Popular Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Operations Research Schools	12

Operations Research Student Demographics at USAFA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the operations research majors at United States Air Force Academy.

USAFA Operations Research Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in operations research from USAFA. About 74% were men and 26% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in operations research at USAFA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor's in operations research.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

USAFA also has a doctoral program available in operations research. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Engineering Chemistry
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical 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 CO, the home state for United States Air Force Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Natural Sciences Managers	1,230	$141,750
Operations Research Analysts	890	$90,270

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 David Shankbone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.