Ithaca, New York · Private Non-Profit
Operations Research at Cornell University
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 413 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
2.6% reported share makes this a focused program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 2.6%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~413
- Schools with reported signal
- 28
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 8.8%
- Graduation rate
- 95.4%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $28,690/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $114,760
- Median debt
- $14,000
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $104,043/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- B
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 28 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 4.3x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is higher than the peer average ($4,577 above), and ten-year median earnings are higher than the peer average ($18,574 above). That combination produces a B value grade and a top 46% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY · 0.3% reported share · $3,033 net A+ 
Princeton University Princeton, NJ · 3.8% reported share · $6,128 net A+ Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · 0.5% reported share · $12,116 net A+ 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · 0.5% reported share · $20,111 net A+ 
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · 1.7% reported share · $13,481 net A+ 
Rice University Houston, TX · 0.4% reported share · $13,370 net A+ 
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · 0.1% reported share · $14,355 net A 
Harvard University Cambridge, MA · 0.0% reported share · $19,066 net A Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Operations Research accounts for 2.6% of reported programs at Cornell University, which is bigger than 89% of schools in this field set and 4.3x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 413 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Cornell University's average net price is $28,690 per year, about $114,760 over four years. That is $4,577 above the $24,113 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $104,043 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $18,574 above the $85,469 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Cornell University #13 of 28 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.