运营管理（O perations）或称运营分析，主要包含运营分析与运营管理两方面的内容。前者主要使用数学和计算机知识分析商业数据，为商业决策提供数学支持与统计依据。后者主要利用运营分析的结果，带领和经营整个团队。该专业需要有较强的数学分析基础，一般开设与研究生阶段。
运营分析师美国各州就业情况：
2015年USNews美国大学研究生生产运营管理专业排名
| 常见学位 | MBA、PhD |
| 典型职业及年薪 | 运营分析师：$81,660 |
| 签证敏感度 | 无 |
| 高中课程准备 | 理科，微积分、数学 |
| 所属专业领域 | 商科 |
| 相关排名 | 2014USNEWS生产运营管理排名 |
课程列表
| 经济学原理 | Principles of Economics |
| 业务技能与环境 | Business Skills and Environment |
| 商务法律环境 | Legal Environment of Business |
| 运营规划与控制 | O perations Planning and Control |
| 有限数学 | Finite Math |
| 决策理论 | Decision Theory |
| 组织行为学 | Organizational Behavior |
| 金融学原理 | Principles of Finance |
| 经济学原理 | Principles of Economics |
| 产品开发管理 | Managing Product Development |
| 运营战略 | O perations Strategy |
| 设计管理与操作 | Designing, Managing, and Improving O perations |
| 管理科技风险投资公司 | Managing Technology Ventures |
就业状况
从事职业：人力资源经理、网络科技公司经理、咨询顾问、产品经理、质量监控经理运营分析师美国各州就业情况：
| 州名 | 就业人数 | 薪水/h | 薪水/年 |
| 加州 | 7300 | $42.15 | $87,670 |
| 佛罗里达 | 6460 | $27.02 | $56,190 |
| 德州 | 5400 | $36.13 | $75,150 |
| 纽约 | 5150 | $53.64 | $111,570 |
| 弗吉尼亚 | 4640 | $46.90 | $97,560 |
| 哥伦比亚特区 | 1870 | $47.44 | $98,670 |
| 马里兰 | 2810 | $42.28 | $87,950 |
| 特拉华 | 400 | $37.15 | $77,260 |
| 新泽西 | 1300 | $49.81 | $103,600 |
| 阿拉巴马州 | 730 | $42.61 | $88,620 |
2015年USNews美国大学研究生生产运营管理专业排名
| 排名 | 院校 | 学费 | 工程专业研究生注册总人数 |
| #1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) Cambridge, MA |
$61,152 per year (full-time) | 819 |
| #2 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tep per) Pittsburgh, PA |
$56,768 per year (full-time) | 423 |
| #3 | University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) Philadelphia, PA |
$59,736 per year (full-time) | 1,677 |
| #4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross) Ann Arbor, MI |
$52,200 per year (in-state, full-time); $57,200 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 941 |
| #5 | Stanford University Stanford, CA |
$59,550 per year (full-time) | 809 |
| #6 | Northwestern University (Kellogg) Evanston, IL |
$59,085 per year (full-time) | 1,148 |
| #7 | Purdue University-West Lafayette (Krannert) West Lafayette, IN |
$22,409 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,174 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 230 |
| #8 | Columbia University New York, NY |
$60,720 per year (full-time) | 1,279 |
| #8 | Harvard University Boston, MA |
$56,175 per year (full-time) | 1,851 |
| #10 | Indiana University-Bloomington (Kelley) Bloomington, IN |
$24,984 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,460 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 392 |
| #11 | University of Texas-Austin (McCombs) Austin, TX |
$33,298 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,832 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 511 |
| #12 | Michigan State University (Broad) East Lansing, MI |
$27,191 per year (in-state, full-time); $43,135 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 159 |
| #12 | Ohio State University (Fisher) Columbus, OH |
$28,688 per year (in-state, full-time); $46,352 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 212 |
| #14 | University of California-Berkeley (Haas) Berkeley, CA |
$51,412 per year (in-state, full-time); $53,959 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 497 |
| #15 | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) Chapel Hill, NC |
$31,510 per year (in-state, full-time); $50,942 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 573 |
| #16 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) Atlanta, GA |
$26,466 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,332 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 136 |
| #17 | University of California-Los Angeles (Anderson) Los Angeles, CA |
$48,722 per year (in-state, full-time); $55,009 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 724 |
| #18 | Cornell University (Johnson) Ithaca, NY |
$55,948 per year (full-time) | 558 |
| #18 | Dartmouth College (Tuck) Hanover, NH |
$58,935 per year (full-time) | 560 |
| #18 | University of Southern California (Marshall) Los Angeles, CA |
$50,495 per year (full-time) | 415 |