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September 30, 2010

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Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Arizona State U. Industrial Engineering	5	21	3	19	28	47	14	36	19	46
Auburn U. Industrial & Systems Engineering	22	45	13	44	10	39	40	63	27	56
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) Systems Science	59	67	53	66	42	64	21	45	58	71
Boston U. Systems Engineering	24	44	18	43	30	57	51	67	38	65
Carnegie Mellon U. Engineering & Public Policy	6	26	5	26	15	38	28	55	15	42
Carnegie Mellon U. Tepper School of Business-Operations Research, Information Systems and Manufacturing & Operating Systems	7	21	6	18	8	29	35	59	8	30
Case Western Reserve U. Operations Research	55	63	68	70	9	41	22	52	26	55
Case Western Reserve U. Systems and Control Engineering	45	60	28	56	62	68	62	72	14	48
Clemson U. Industrial Engineering	43	57	44	61	14	35	12	39	47	65
Columbia U. Operations Research	9	27	5	23	34	57	36	57	18	46
Cornell U. Operations Research	3	11	4	18	2	5	35	59	3	11
Florida Institute of Technology Operations Research	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
George Washing- ton U. Systems Engineering	68	72	66	70	69	72	66	72	31	70
Georgia Institute of Technology Industrial Engineering	2	6	5	22	11	28	9	29	2	2
Iowa State U. Industrial Engineering	30	49	39	60	27	56	3	10	21	50
Kansas State U. Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering	36	56	21	52	14	47	8	24	54	69
Lehigh U. Industrial and Systems Engineering	32	52	26	56	33	56	33	59	11	31
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Operations Research	1	2	1	2	4	13	29	53	7	34
Montana State U. at Bozeman Engineering	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
New Jersey Institute of Technology Transportation	36	58	17	52	45	67	22	48	58	72
New Mexico State U. at Las Cruces Industrial Engineering	68	72	71	72	47	67	6	21	39	66
North Carolina State U. Industrial Engineering	24	47	16	46	10	54	16	41	12	36
North Carolina State U. Operations Research	32	50	24	48	13	40	3	9	35	64
North- eastern U. Mechanical & Industrial Engineering - Mechanical	27	46	16	37	19	47	34	55	21	47
North- western U. Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences	2	9	3	17	4	18	15	40	6	17
Ohio State U. Main Campus Industrial and Systems Engineering	14	36	5	23	65	69	38	57	4	19
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus Industrial Engineering & Management	31	50	27	54	17	50	66	72	17	45
Old Dominion U. Engineering Management	67	72	59	69	60	71	54	68	68	72
Oregon State U. Industrial Engineering	41	58	34	59	41	62	57	68	15	52
Pennsyl- vania State U. Industrial Engineering (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering)	6	21	10	29	16	32	18	41	6	19
Pennsyl- vania State U. Operations Research	14	30	14	32	19	41	15	44	10	33
Princeton U. Operations Research and Financial Engineering	19	39	16	43	8	27	19	43	19	46
Purdue U. Main Campus Industrial Engineering	6	23	10	31	22	48	9	26	3	14
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Decision Sciences and Engineering	23	39	25	49	18	41	14	36	31	56
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Industrial and Systems Engineering	20	42	12	37	6	24	12	35	34	61
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Operations Research	35	52	27	50	18	41	17	46	29	59
Stanford U. Management Science and Engineering	1	4	1	6	9	26	41	60	1	1
Texas A&M U. Industrial Engineering	24	44	25	54	30	47	4	12	13	38
Texas Tech U. Industrial Engineering	51	63	28	55	63	69	24	46	31	59
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Industrial Engineering	14	33	19	47	3	10	13	35	21	52
U. of Alabama at Huntsville Industrial and Systems Engineering	67	72	58	69	71	72	49	67	44	64
U. of Arizona Systems & Industrial Engineering	9	29	23	50	5	21	48	64	11	34
U. of Arkansas Main Campus Industrial Engineering	18	45	27	59	1	3	33	59	17	53
U. of California at Berkeley Industrial Engineering and Operations Research	5	22	3	19	40	56	5	14	3	9
U. of Central Florida Industrial Engineering	60	67	58	68	51	61	8	22	48	68
U. of Central Florida Modeling and Simulation	48	64	34	58	2	55	62	71	54	71
U. of Connec- ticut Business Administration Ph.D. Operations Info Mgmt	59	65	62	68	8	42	53	69	46	66
U. of Florida Industrial and Systems Engineering	6	30	4	28	4	26	15	38	15	45
U. of Houston main campus Industrial Engineering	68	72	71	72	36	56	12	33	63	71
U. of Illinois at Chicago Industrial Engineering & Operations Research	5	19	2	12	51	65	1	3	35	59
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering	30	46	40	57	29	54	63	72	18	41
U. of Iowa Industrial Engineering	5	26	6	30	5	20	3	7	7	29
U. of Louisville Industrial Engineering	31	55	15	50	39	58	59	71	39	65
U. of Maryland at College Park Reliability Engineering	4	23	2	16	41	62	53	66	26	65
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Industrial Engineering and Operations Research	35	54	22	52	56	67	27	53	46	68
U. of Miami Industrial Engineering	62	67	59	67	35	60	47	65	45	66
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Industrial Operations and Engineering	9	27	18	43	5	20	27	51	3	9
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Industrial and Systems Engineering	49	59	46	59	17	43	18	46	30	58
U. of Missouri at Columbia Industrial Engineering	39	59	27	58	48	69	3	9	15	46
U. of Missouri at Rolla Engineering Management	65	69	52	65	68	71	52	67	47	67
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Industrial and Management Systems Engineering	4	21	23	52	1	6	1	2	25	58
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Operations Research	57	64	64	70	23	47	10	31	35	60
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Industrial Engineering	39	57	39	60	18	39	39	59	26	55
U. of Pennsyl- vania Operations and Information Management	13	26	12	23	8	24	42	64	4	17
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Industrial Engineering	24	44	32	58	3	11	15	41	14	44
U. of South Florida Industrial and Management Systems Engineering	54	62	57	65	30	61	7	17	65	72
U. of Southern California Industrial and Systems Engineering	36	53	43	60	23	47	22	48	21	52
U. of Tennessee Industrial Engineering	58	66	57	68	43	62	13	35	63	72
U. of Texas at Austin Operations Research and Industrial Engineering	6	31	1	12	62	69	45	63	21	51
U. of Virginia Systems Engineering	12	36	9	39	33	56	66	72	9	38
U. of Washing- ton Industrial Engineering	31	50	34	58	51	62	5	21	13	38
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Industrial Engineering	12	29	15	36	45	60	15	39	3	13
Virginia Tech Industrial and Systems Engineering	17	38	24	53	14	29	12	35	5	23
Wayne State U. Industrial Engineering	44	59	32	58	38	60	38	58	43	64
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.