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2023 Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$20,327 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$80,871 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 31,701 management sciences and quantitative methods students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for management science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Management Sciences & Methods

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the best value school for management sciences and quantitative methods students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $24,106 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our Best Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value management sciences and quantitative methods schools in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#3

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the # 3 spot on the list. St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at St. Mary’s are $19,846 per year.

St. Mary’s not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value management sciences and quantitative methods schools in the Southwest Region . OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OSU are $24,175 a year.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Texas A&M Kingsville graduate students pay an average of $14,344 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Central Oklahoma came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UCO is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Edmond.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCO are $18,116 a year.

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The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for management sciences and quantitative methods students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Dallas are $29,252 per year.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $24,005 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges by State

Explore the best management sciences and quantitative methods schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,434
Arizona 820
Oklahoma 107
New Mexico 1

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

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 8 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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