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A program that focuses on the development and application of complex mathematical or simulation models to solve problems involving operational systems, where the system concerned is subject to human intervention. Includes instruction in advanced multivariate analysis, application of judgment and statistical tests, optimization theory and techniques, resource allocation theory, mathematical modeling, control theory, statistical analysis, and applications to specific research problems.
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| A major in Operations Research is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 10
U.S.
Colleges with the
most degrees awarded
of Operations Research among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | Cornell University
Ithaca, NY | 112
(3.2%) |  |  |
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| | University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA | 61
(0.9%) | |  |
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| | Columbia University
New York, NY | 58
(3.0%) | | |
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| | Princeton University
Princeton, NJ | 47
(4.1%) | | |
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| | United States Coast Guard Academy
New London, CT | 31
(13.5%) | |  |
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| | United States Military Academy
West Point, NY | 12
(1.2%) | | - |
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| | New York University
New York, NY | 12
(0.3%) |  | |
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| | Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA | 11
(0.9%) | | |
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| | United States Air Force Academy
USAFA, CO | 9
(0.9%) | | - |
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| | University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA | 1
(0.0%) |  |  |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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