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Most Popular Operations Research Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Most Popular Operations Research Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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$106,190 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Operations Research Master's Degree School for You

Operations Research is the #201 most popular major in the country with 1,698 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Operations Research Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Operations Research program at each school on the list.

Check out the operations research master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Middle Atlantic Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for operations research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 47% of the students majoring in operations research at the school are women while 53% are male.

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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

About 49% of the students majoring in operations research at the school are women while 51% are male.

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#3

Baruch College

New York, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baruch College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New York, Baruch is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 36 students majoring in operations research at Baruch, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the small city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 54% of the operations research majors at the school.

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Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Out of the 9 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in operations research at Carnegie Mellon, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Delaware did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for operations research students working on their master’s degree. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

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Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

Morgan State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree operations research programs. Located in the city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for operations research students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Operations Research Colleges by State

Explore the best operations research schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 8
New York 699
Maryland 70
New Jersey 79
Delaware 0

Operations Research is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Operations Research

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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