Why SEOR?

You like figuring out how to make things work better. You like solving puzzles and finding solutions. Find a career in people-oriented engineering at Volgenau’s Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research.

$66,935

Median annual entry-level salary for a systems engineer, according to Business Insider

No. 6

Affordable Colleges Online ranked us 6th nationally for return on investment.

$19 Million

Research expenditures in 2013 by the Volgenau School of Engineering

No. 16

Among the best engineering graduate programs by GraduatePrograms.com

24

Graduate degree programs in the Volgenau School of Engineering

No. 27

Ranking of SEOR graduate program in U.S. News' Industrial, Manufacturing, Systems Engineering category

Finding a Way to Make Things Work

If you look at a device, organization, or system and immediately see how it could be improved or made more efficient, this is your field.

Systems engineers determine the most effective ways for an organization to use all components — people, machines, materials, information, and energy. They plan, design, implement and manage complex systems that assure performance, safety, reliability, and maintainability on deadline at a reasonable cost.
Operations Researchers use scientific methods in management decision-making to best allocate limited resources. They find order in apparent chaos by identifying the structure in complex situations and understanding how the components or organizations interact. This lets them explain and predict the effect of actions on these systems.

Volgnenau Engineering students celebrate graduation

Graduates know they have a future filled with possibilities.

Data analytics studies train you to examine, model, replicate and apply systems that solve big data questions. You'll get an understanding of the technologies and methodologies necessary for data-driven decision-making. Career fields include finance, marketing, operations, business intelligence, digital forensics, financial engineering, and business analytics.

Your Choices Are Unlimited
SEOR degrees are applicable to a huge variety of areas:
Health Care	Economic Systems	National Defense
Environmental Systems	Advanced Transportation Systems	Architecture-Based Systems Integration
Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, and Cyber	Financial Systems Engineering	Systems Engineering Analysis
Systems Engineering of Software-Intensive Systems	Systems Management	Scientific Exploration

Mason is the only civilian center of excellence in C4i.

Study at the Only Civilian C4I Center of Excellence

C4I and Cyber centers, such as this one at the 24th Air Force, help our nation get the intelligent edge on the enemy. Whether you want to advance your military or civil service career, or want to build the country's cyber defense, Mason is the place to be. We were the first, and continue to be the only Center of Excellence in C4I at a public civilian university.

The International Space Station orbits above earth. Mason has trained systems engineers who now work at NASA.

Reach Out and Touch Space

Have you dreamed of being in the control room at NASA? The exhilaration of seeing a complicated scientific exploration come to fruition can be part of your reality with a degree in systems engineering. Our graduates have exciting careers charting courses to the far reaches of the solar system and beyond.

Surgical personnel perform a radiology-assisted surgical procedure.

Right Providers, Right Treatments, Right Technology

Busy hospitals and advanced techniques require more than doctors and nurses to treat patients. Systems engineers and operations researchers work with health systems to deliver lifesaving services in efficient, advanced, and sustainable ways.

Water treatment plant at Havre de Grace Maryland at sunrise.

Improve the Systems that Keep Civilization Running

It might not be glamorous, but critical infrastructure systems depend on engineers who can monitor, analyze, and secure the safety of our most basic systems and services. Operations researchers and systems engineers ensure that the systems our society depends on are ready when we need them.