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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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 290 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

Check out the management science master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the most popular school in the United States for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Women make up 34% of the management science majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great place for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 47% of the students majoring in management science at the school are women while 53% are male.

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#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular management sciences and quantitative methods schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in management science at the school are women while 67% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

About 33% of the students majoring in management science at the school are women while 67% are male.

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#5

New York University

New York, NY

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

About 40% of the students majoring in management science at the school are women while 60% are male.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree management sciences and quantitative methods programs. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

Women make up 29% of the management science majors at the school.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 27% of the management science majors at the school.

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The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular 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 medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 41% of the management science majors at the school.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree management sciences and quantitative methods programs. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 659 students majoring in management science at MIT, 63% are male and 37% are female.

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#10

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for management sciences and quantitative methods students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 63% of the management science majors at the school.

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University of California - Berkeley landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree management sciences and quantitative methods programs. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

Women make up 34% of the management science majors at the school.

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University of Southern California ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 592 students majoring in management science at USC, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for management sciences and quantitative methods students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #13 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Of the 562 students majoring in management science at ASU - Tempe, 62% are male and 38% are female.

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#14

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

University of Rochester came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 529 students majoring in management science at University of Rochester, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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With a ranking of #15, Hult International Business School did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. Hult International Business School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

Women make up 41% of the management science majors at the school.

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#16

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University ranked #16 on this year’s Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

Women make up 31% of the management science majors at the school.

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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 working on their master’s degree. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Women make up 50% of the management science majors at the school.

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Southern Methodist University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for management sciences and quantitative methods students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #18 on the list. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

Of the 422 students majoring in management science at SMU, 63% are male and 37% are female.

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#19

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

With a ranking of #19, Stanford University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 47% of the management science majors at the school.

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#20

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for management sciences and quantitative methods students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #20 on the list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

Women make up 52% of the management science majors at the school.

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Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for management sciences and quantitative methods students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #20 on the list. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 49% of the management science majors at the school.

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#22

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for management sciences and quantitative methods students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #22 on the list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

Of the 363 students majoring in management science at UPenn, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#23

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

With a ranking of #23, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on this year’s most popular 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 school with a large student population.

Of the 361 students majoring in management science at Carnegie Mellon, 68% are male and 32% are female.

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With a ranking of #24, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their master’s degree. Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Harrisburg.

Of the 351 students majoring in management science at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, 54% are male and 46% are female.

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North Carolina State University ranked #25 on this year’s Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Of the 317 students majoring in management science at NC State, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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#28

Boston University

Boston, MA
#29

Georgetown University

Washington, DC
#30

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY
#31

Fordham University

Bronx, NY
#32

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC
#35

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
#37

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI
#38

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL
#39

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN
#41

Baruch College

New York, NY
#42

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Honorable Mentions

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

Rank College Location
44 Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH
45 University of Virginia - Main Campus Charlottesville, VA
46 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
47 Saint Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA
47 University of North Texas Denton, TX
49 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA
49 University of California - Davis Davis, CA
51 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
52 Suffolk University Boston, MA
53 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
54 University of Washington - Seattle Campus Seattle, WA
55 Indiana University - Bloomington Bloomington, IN
56 DePaul University Chicago, IL
57 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
57 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY

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.

  • 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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