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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

With 31,701 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, management sciences and quantitative methods is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Management Sciences & Methods Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 259 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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

Check out the management science master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

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. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

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

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#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Notre Dame is a great place for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.

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#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

With a ranking of #6, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s best schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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#7

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Dartmouth College 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 #7 on the list. Dartmouth is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the town of Hanover.

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#8

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. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

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#9

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice 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 #9 on the list. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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#10

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

With a ranking of #10, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on this year’s best schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #11, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree management sciences and quantitative methods programs. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Berkeley ranked #13 on this year’s Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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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. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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#15

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

University of Virginia - Main Campus 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 #15 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree management sciences and quantitative methods programs. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

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#17

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree management sciences and quantitative methods programs. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

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#18

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Emory University landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree management sciences and quantitative methods programs. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

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#19

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Georgetown University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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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. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#21

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara 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 #21 on the list. Located in the city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Washington University in St Louis ranked #22 on this year’s Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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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. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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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. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

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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. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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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

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Management Sciences & Methods students that almost earned our 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 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Management Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

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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