Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools

Find Schools Near

2023 Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools

332 Colleges
$65,672 Avg Salary
$23,166 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 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 Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 332 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for management science majors pursuing a .

#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. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Northwestern University

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. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Full Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Chicago is a great place for management sciences and quantitative methods students. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at University of Chicago

The excellent programs at University of California - Los Angeles 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. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at University of California - Los Angeles

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Dallas is a great place for management sciences and quantitative methods students. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at The University of Texas at Dallas

#6

New York University

New York, NY

With a ranking of #6, New York University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Full Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at New York University Report

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 #7 on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

Read More…

With a ranking of #8, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

With a ranking of #9, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Read More…

Massachusetts Institute of Technology came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools ranking. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Full Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report

#11

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Johns Hopkins University

With a ranking of #12, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

Read More…

With a ranking of #13, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Full Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

#14

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

University of Rochester ranked #14 on this year’s Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at University of Rochester

Hult International Business School came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools ranking. Hult International Business School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Hult International Business School

#16

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice 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 #16 on the list. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

Full Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Rice University Report

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #17 on this year’s Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Read More…

Southern Methodist University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools ranking. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

Read More…

#19

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular management sciences and quantitative methods programs. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Read More…

#20

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon 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. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Read More…

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools ranking. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Read More…

#21

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University ranked #21 on this year’s Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

Read More…

#23

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. It came in at #23 on the list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Read More…

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students. It came in at #24 on the list. Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Harrisburg.

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

#25

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard 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 #25 on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Harvard University

#29

Boston University

Boston, MA
#30

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA
#31

Georgetown University

Washington, DC
#32

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY
#33

Fordham University

Bronx, NY
#33

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
#35

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC
#41

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI
#45

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL
#46

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN
#47

Baruch College

New York, NY

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Management Sciences & Methods students that almost earned our Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools award.

Rank College Location
50 University of Virginia - Main Campus Charlottesville, VA
51 Saint Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA
52 University of North Texas Denton, TX
53 University of California - Davis Davis, CA
53 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA
55 University of Washington - Seattle Campus Seattle, WA
56 Suffolk University Boston, MA
57 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
58 Indiana University - Bloomington Bloomington, IN
59 DePaul University Chicago, IL
60 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
60 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
62 University of Massachusetts - Boston Boston, MA
62 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI
64 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY
65 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO
65 University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KY
65 William & Mary Williamsburg, VA

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods by Region

View the Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Schools for a specific region near you.

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.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to в±®.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.