Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study management sciences and quantitative methods, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. In 2021, 158 management science majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science
• Master’s Degree in Management Science

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Purdue does offer online education options in management science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Purdue Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks management science programs across the country. The following shows how Purdue performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The management science major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	44

In 2021, 111 students received their master’s degree in management science from Purdue. This makes it the #67 most popular school for management science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Purdue Management Science Graduates

The median salary of management science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $69,207. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 30% higher than the national average of $53,059 for all management science bachelor's degree recipients.

Management Science Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the management science majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Bachelor’s Program

The management science program at Purdue awarded 158 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 61% of these degrees went to men with the other 39% going to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in management science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	74
International Students	53
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Purdue Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 111 students earned a master's degree in management science from Purdue. About 35% of these graduates were women and the other 65% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in management science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	84
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in management science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Accounting
• General Sales & Marketing
• Hospitality Management
• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Management Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in management science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Chief Executives	4,220	$148,730
Insurance Underwriters	1,290	$77,190
Operations Research Analysts	1,140	$68,560

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.