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2023 Best Management Sciences & Methods Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master's Degree School for You

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods is the #24 most popular major in the country with 43,382 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Management Sciences & Methods Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 259 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for management science majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 25 Top Schools for a Master's in Management Sciences & Methods

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 259 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 259 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#5

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for management sciences and quantitative methods students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Dartmouth College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree management sciences and quantitative methods programs. Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for management sciences and quantitative methods students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#9

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#10

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for management sciences and quantitative methods students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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University of California - Los Angeles ranked #11 on this year’s Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #12, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

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University of California - Berkeley landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree management sciences and quantitative methods programs. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a very large student population.

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#15

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

With a ranking of #15, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #16 on this year’s Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.

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#17

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#18

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Emory University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for management sciences and quantitative methods students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #18 on the list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#19

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Georgetown University ranked #19 on this year’s Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

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#21

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools ranking. SCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Santa Clara.

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Washington University in St Louis landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree management sciences and quantitative methods programs. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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#23

New York University

New York, NY

New York University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#24

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University ranked #24 on this year’s Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

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Rest of the Top Best Management Sciences & Methods Master's Degree Schools

#27

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA
#28

Villanova University

Villanova, PA
#29

George Washington University

Washington, DC
#34

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC
#35

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
#37

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD
#38

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Management Sciences & Methods Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
39 University of California - Davis Davis, CA
40 Babson College Wellesley, MA
41 Bentley University Waltham, MA
42 Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX
43 University of Management and Technology Arlington, VA
44 University of Washington - Seattle Campus Seattle, WA
45 Rutgers University - Newark Newark, NJ
46 Indiana University - Bloomington Bloomington, IN
47 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
48 Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
49 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
50 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
51 University of Georgia Athens, GA

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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