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2023 Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools

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Finding the Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 512 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the most popular school for management sciences and quantitative methods students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#4

New York University

New York, NY

The excellent programs at New York University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best management sciences and quantitative methods schools in the United States. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Management Science majors at NYU take out an average of $19,181 in student loans while working on their egree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $418, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools list. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

On average, management science graduates from ASU - Tempe take out $18,725 in student loans while working on their degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $291.

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University of California - Los Angeles ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools list. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Richardson.

Management Science majors at UT Dallas take out an average of $17,670 in student loans while working on their egree.

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University of California - Davis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population.

On average, management science graduates from UC Davis take out $12,927 in student loans while working on their degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $217, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#9

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

University of Rochester came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools ranking. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Rochester.

On average, management science graduates from University of Rochester take out $21,469 in student loans while working on their degree.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a very large student population.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular management sciences and quantitative methods programs. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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

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With a ranking of #13, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#14

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

With a ranking of #14, Johns Hopkins University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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University of California - Berkeley did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. It came in at #15 on the list. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#16

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania ranked #16 on this year’s Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #17, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

Management Science majors at UIUC take out an average of $20,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#18

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular management sciences and quantitative methods programs. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

The average amount in student loans that management science majors at University of Virginia take out is $16,838.

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Hult International Business School landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular management sciences and quantitative methods programs. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Hult International Business School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#20

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

George Mason University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. It came in at #20 on the list. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.

The average amount in student loans that management science majors at GMU take out is $20,481. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $183.

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#21

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

With a ranking of #21, Virginia Tech did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

Management Science majors at Virginia Tech take out an average of $21,937 in student loans while working on their egree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $377.

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#22

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools ranking. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

The average amount in student loans that management science majors at Iowa take out is $21,875. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $366, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#23

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular management sciences and quantitative methods programs. Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #24, Southern Methodist University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#25

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

With a ranking of #25, Stanford University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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#28

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA
#29

Duke University

Durham, NC
#33

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
#35

Baruch College

New York, NY
#36

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN
#39

Boston University

Boston, MA
#41

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
#42

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA
#44

DePaul University

Chicago, IL
#45

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN
#47

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA
#49

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC
#50

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

Remaining Award Winners

This list represents the rest of the colleges awarded a Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 512 different United States management sciences and quantitative methods schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
51 Georgetown University Washington, DC
52 University of California - San Diego La Jolla, CA
53 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
54 Fordham University Bronx, NY
55 University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD
56 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
57 University of Washington - Seattle Campus Seattle, WA
58 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
59 University of North Texas Denton, TX
60 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI
61 University of California - Irvine Irvine, CA
62 Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ
63 Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL
64 Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA
65 University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA
66 Bentley University Waltham, MA
66 Villanova University Villanova, PA
68 Rutgers University - Newark Newark, NJ
69 Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI
69 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Knoxville, TN
71 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR
72 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH
73 Auburn University Auburn, AL
74 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA
75 Illinois State University Normal, IL
76 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools award.

Rank College Location
77 Suffolk University Boston, MA
78 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
79 George Washington University Washington, DC
80 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC
81 Indiana University - Bloomington Bloomington, IN
82 Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY
83 University of St Thomas Minnesota Saint Paul, MN
84 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
84 Temple University Philadelphia, PA
86 Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC
87 University of Denver Denver, CO
88 Texas A&M University - Commerce Commerce, TX
88 University of Massachusetts - Boston Boston, MA
90 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY
91 Georgia State University Atlanta, GA
92 William & Mary Williamsburg, VA
92 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO
92 University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KY
95 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
96 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
97 California State University - East Bay Hayward, CA
97 Bellevue University Bellevue, NE
99 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY
100 Creighton University Omaha, NE
100 William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ
102 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL
102 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL

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.

  • 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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