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.
| 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 11
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Operations Research among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | United States Coast Guard Academy
New London, CT | 18
(8.1%) | |  | |
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| | Cornell University
Ithaca, NY | 114
(3.3%) |  |  | |
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| | Princeton University
Princeton, NJ | 37
(3.3%) | |  | |
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| | United States Air Force Academy
USAFA, CO | 31
(3.0%) | | - | |
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| | Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY | 55
(3.0%) | | | |
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| | United States Military Academy
West Point, NY | 10
(0.8%) | | - | |
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| | Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA | 7
(0.5%) | | | |
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| | University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA | 36
(0.5%) | |  | |
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| | New York University
New York, NY | 14
(0.3%) |  | | |
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| | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY | 1
(0.0%) | |  | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.