Operations Research at University of California - Berkeley

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 University of California - Berkeley stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 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.

UC Berkeley Operations Research Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Operations Research Rankings

The operations research major at UC Berkeley 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in operations research, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Operations Research Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Operations Research Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of operations research bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% 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 UC Berkeley since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in operations research.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UC Berkeley Operations Research Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of operations research master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	163
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 University of California - Berkeley. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Operations Research	192

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Biochemical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Operations Research Analysts	11,340	$95,470
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790

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 LAgirl5252 under License

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