Management Science

CIP Code: 52.1301

A management science degree prepares graduates for careers in Chief executives, Data scientists, General and operations managers and more. 348 colleges and universities offer this program.

Annual Degrees Awarded
34,245
Colleges Offering 348
Avg. Career Salary $118,618
Top Career Salary $206,420

Management Science Salary by College

Nationally, bachelor’s graduates in this field earn a median $86,176 four years after graduating (middle half: $61,755–$114,719). Where you study it matters: across 126 colleges with reported results, pay ranges from $50,553 to $158,559.

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#College4 yrs afterWage-adjusted1 yr afterMedian debtOutcome Rating
1New York University New York, NY$158,559$150,915$102,572$17,250A+
2University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA$153,279$155,886$104,502$15,750A+
3Wake Forest University Winston-salem, NC$146,608$157,331——A+
4University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA$139,095$126,659$93,565$18,286A+
5Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ$126,906$111,383$78,177$21,500A
6Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA$126,475$111,374$80,046$18,000A+
7University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN$124,557$133,627$83,810$19,000A+
8George Washington University Washington, DC$120,730$105,791$66,362$20,500A+
9Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX$114,822$116,740——A
10University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD$111,649$97,985$72,304$14,943A+
11Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH$111,500$118,987$68,814$20,500A
12Bentley University Waltham, MA$111,433$98,128$81,103$25,000A+
13Villanova University Villanova, PA$109,642$111,507$76,606$27,000A+
14St. John's University-New York Queens, NY$109,396$104,122$82,432$19,500B+
15University of Florida Gainesville, FL$109,220$116,251$60,290$18,625A+
16Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA$108,726$99,005$77,877$21,500A
17University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN$108,187$103,342$78,978$18,500A
18University of Kansas Lawrence, KS$107,635$111,743$62,993$23,250B+
19University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI$106,521$110,840$83,260$22,250A+
20Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA$105,444$107,237$73,497$27,000B+
21North Central College Naperville, IL$105,350$103,506$85,168$27,000B
22Drexel University Philadelphia, PA$104,599$106,378$74,357$28,233A+
23Temple University Philadelphia, PA$104,311$106,085$74,778$24,187B+
24University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL$104,172$102,348$72,527$20,500A+
25University of Denver Denver, CO$104,087$97,342$65,557$21,500B+
26University of Rochester Rochester, NY$102,625$97,678$56,463$21,625A
27Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH$102,249$109,115$74,770$27,000B
28University of Delaware Newark, DE$101,502$100,894$73,420$25,740A
29University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC$98,020$108,689$68,804$22,497A
30Michigan State University East Lansing, MI$97,236$102,524$69,443$22,872A
31Drake University Des Moines, IA$97,132$102,171$80,044$23,979A
32George Mason University Fairfax, VA$97,049$88,372$68,049$17,250B+
33Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA$96,930$98,579$65,627$26,000A+
35Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ$96,430$99,083$73,618$17,500B+
34Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ$96,430$99,083$73,618$17,500B+
36University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE$96,087$99,310$75,137$24,000B
37University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA$96,078$87,425$66,099$11,128A
39University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA$95,193$87,557$62,069—A
38University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA$95,193$87,557$62,069—A
40Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH$94,942$87,451$76,718$25,079C
41Florida State University Tallahassee, FL$94,887$100,995$62,578$18,522A
42CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY$94,582$90,022$62,306$7,500A
43Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN$93,976$100,819$70,903$18,578A+
44Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN$92,741$99,494$67,267—D
45The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN$92,042$100,546$59,501$24,812B+
46University of Iowa Iowa City, IA$91,720$96,478$70,324$20,500A
51University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT$91,446$82,331$71,600$23,250B+
50University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT$91,446$82,331$71,600$23,250B+
49University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT$91,446$82,331$71,600$23,250B+
48University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT$91,446$82,331$71,600$23,250B+
47University of Connecticut Storrs, CT$91,446$82,331$71,600$23,250A
52University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO$89,660$96,134$61,709$20,500C+
53Georgia State University Atlanta, GA$89,587$92,741$55,596$23,029D
54University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA$89,451$81,395$60,973$15,127A+
55University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR$88,067$103,780$57,257$22,500B+
56Siena College Loudonville, NY$87,394$83,181$54,855$25,966A
57Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI$87,119$91,857$69,446—B
58Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN$86,317$92,602$67,129—B+
59University of California-Davis Davis, CA$86,155$78,395$52,684$12,000A
60Benedictine University Lisle, IL$85,904$84,400$58,820$25,000B
61The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX$85,717$87,149$61,303$17,048A
62Creighton University Omaha, NE$85,268$88,128$65,365$24,951A
63University of Portland Portland, OR$84,313$84,810$53,136$24,000A
64California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA$83,878$76,323$49,830$12,375C+
65Maryville University of Saint Louis Saint Louis, MO$83,328$89,345$69,590$19,692B+
66California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA$83,310$75,807$57,276$24,728B+
67Appalachian State University Boone, NC$83,033$89,106$56,340$22,811C+
68Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ$82,193$72,140$58,890$20,497C+
69Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ$81,661$83,908$65,070$21,516C
70Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA$80,498$93,183$59,150$21,500A
71The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL$79,811$90,592$60,832$23,250B+
72The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX$78,996$80,316$47,528$22,645C+
73Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN$78,856$75,324$57,558$24,125C+
74University of North Texas Denton, TX$78,629$79,943$58,615$17,750C+
75Ball State University Muncie, IN$77,774$83,437$67,350$16,654C+
76Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI$77,768$81,997$66,149$20,500C+
77La Salle University Philadelphia, PA$76,518$77,819$57,783$19,321B+
78DePaul University Chicago, IL$76,420$75,082$51,522$22,859B+
79University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI$75,055$78,098——C+
80Mid-America Christian University Oklahoma City, OK$75,041$84,253$45,047$32,125C
81Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY$74,452$84,302$49,823$21,500D
82Saint Ambrose University Davenport, IA$74,438$78,300$49,039$26,600B
83National Louis University Chicago, IL$74,144$72,846$59,084$22,507F
99Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York York, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000C+
98Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000C+
97Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000C+
96Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000C+
95Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny Mckeesport, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000C+
94Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000A
93Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000C+
92Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000B
91Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000C+
90Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000B
89Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver Monaca, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000C+
88Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000C+
87Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000B
86Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango Sharon, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000C+
85Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington New Kensington, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000C+
84Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie, PA$73,308$74,555$58,140$25,000B
100Carroll University Waukesha, WI$72,961$75,919——B
101Dominican University New York Orangeburg, NY$71,464$68,019——C+
102Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL$71,040$69,796$51,128$20,000C+
103Illinois State University Normal, IL$70,671$69,434$47,553$21,500B
104Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA$69,977$71,167$41,787$26,500A
105Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI$69,603$73,388$46,886$25,000B
106Roosevelt University Chicago, IL$69,382$68,167$48,715$24,632F
107McKendree University Lebanon, IL$69,002$67,794$45,899$20,264C+
108University of St Francis Joliet, IL$68,599$67,398$45,735$23,612B
109Hofstra University Hempstead, NY$68,374$65,078$51,494$24,625B+
110Trinity University San Antonio, TX$68,095$69,233$55,887$23,165A
111Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH$67,614$72,154$47,040$18,716C
112University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL$67,555$66,372$45,665$15,251B+
113Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT$66,878$60,212$42,454$20,500C
114William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ$66,745$58,581$44,322$22,250D
115University of Wyoming Laramie, WY$66,744$69,562$45,090$14,714B
116Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA$64,769$57,036$45,720$25,000D
117Manhattan College Riverdale, NY$64,116$61,025$51,113$23,750A
118Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, TX$62,298$63,339$33,097$24,867C
119Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL$61,660$65,629$48,375$20,832B+
120Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL$60,985$59,917$42,500$24,000D
121Ohio Northern University Ada, OH$59,597$63,599$45,730$25,000A
122Quincy University Quincy, IL$58,745$57,717—$25,250D
123Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL$56,680$55,688$42,711$27,000C
124La Roche University Pittsburgh, PA$53,064$53,967$37,911$25,250C
125Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, OK$53,029$59,539$44,959$18,723D
126Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, AR$50,553$59,573——B

Bachelor’s degrees. Wage-adjusted = pay ÷ √(state wage index). Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data.

What Can You Do With a Management Science Degree?

Graduates with this degree pursue careers in the following fields:

Chief executives

$206,420 +4.3% growth

Data scientists

$112,590 +33.5% growth

General and operations managers

$102,950 +4.4% growth

Management analysts

$101,190 +8.8% growth

Business teachers, postsecondary

$97,270 +5.7% growth

Operations research analysts

$91,290 +21.5% growth
$118,618
Average Salary Across Careers
$206,420
Highest Paying Career
6
Career Paths Available

Best Colleges for Management Science

Ranked by Repit grade, then by degrees awarded. These are the top-rated colleges that produce the most graduates in management science.

# College Location Degrees Awarded Repit Grade
1 University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 737 A+
2 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 79 A+
3 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 2,148 A
4 New York University New York, NY 1,929 A
5 Northwestern University Evanston, IL 1,745 A
6 University of Chicago Chicago, IL 1,258 A
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 954 A
8 Emory University Atlanta, GA 744 A
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 733 A
10 University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 583 A
11 Stanford University Stanford, CA 534 A
12 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 522 A
13 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 304 A
14 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 286 A
15 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 269 A
16 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA 211 A
17 University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA 200 A
18 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 196 A
19 Yale University New Haven, CT 186 A
20 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 170 A
21 University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA 144 A
22 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 122 A
23 William & Mary Williamsburg, VA 118 A
24 Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO 115 A
25 University of Georgia Athens, GA 106 A
26 Boston University Boston, MA 104 A
27 University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA 56 A
28 Harvard University Cambridge, MA 54 A
29 University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 43 A
30 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 41 A

Largest Management Science Programs

Schools ranked by number of graduates. These institutions produce the most management science graduates annually, including online and distance learning programs.

# College Location Degrees Awarded Repit Grade
1 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 2,148 A
2 New York University New York, NY 1,929 A
3 Northwestern University Evanston, IL 1,745 A
4 University of Chicago Chicago, IL 1,258 A
5 Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA 1,133 C+
6 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 954 A
7 Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ 866 B
8 Emory University Atlanta, GA 744 A
9 University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 737 A+
10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 733 A
11 University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 583 A
12 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 551 B
13 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 542 B+
14 Stanford University Stanford, CA 534 A
15 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 522 A
16 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA 442 B
17 University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD 436 B+
18 The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 370 B
19 Brigham Young University Provo, UT 364 B
20 University of California-Davis Davis, CA 351 B+
21 Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ 314 B+
22 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 304 A
23 University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC 304 B
24 Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg, PA 302 C
25 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 298 B+
26 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 286 A
27 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 269 A
28 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 239 B+
29 Binghamton University Vestal, NY 238 B+
30 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 232 B
34,245
Degrees Awarded Annually
348
Colleges Offering Program
6
Related Careers

About Management Science

Management Science is a degree program offered at 348 colleges and universities across the United States. Each year, approximately 34,245 students graduate with this degree.

Graduates with this degree can pursue careers such as chief executives, data scientists, general and operations managers, management analysts, business teachers, postsecondary, and 1 more career paths.

Program Classification

CIP Code 52.1301
Field (2-digit CIP) 52
Category (4-digit CIP) 52.13

Frequently Asked Questions

What can I do with a Management Science degree?
A Management Science degree can lead to careers as a chief executives, data scientists, general and operations managers, management analysts, business teachers, postsecondary, and more. Top earners in related careers can make up to $206,420 annually.
How many colleges offer Management Science?
348 colleges and universities in the United States offer Management Science as a degree program. Each year, approximately 34,245 students graduate with this degree.
What are the best colleges for Management Science?
The best colleges for Management Science based on Repit's ratings include University of California-Los Angeles, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Southern California, New York University, Northwestern University. Rankings are based on the college's overall Repit grade and the number of degrees awarded in this program.
What is the salary potential with a Management Science degree?
Graduates with a Management Science degree can expect average salaries around $118,618 in related careers, with top earners making up to $206,420. Actual salaries depend on the specific career path, experience level, and location.