a master's degree in operations research is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #117 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of operations research. Combined, these schools handed out 563 master's degrees in operations research to qualified students.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to operations research students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of operations research students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt operations research students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized operations research related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for operations research students working on their master's degree.
The operations research school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Operations Research Master's Degree Schools in New York.
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Cornell University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in operations research. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca.
Operations Research master's degree recipients from Cornell University get an earnings boost of about $12,932 above the average earnings of operations research majors.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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.
by our College Data Analytics Team
