Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

12,933 students earn a management sciences and quantitative methods credential each year across 338 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $60,162
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $77,408

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 293 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California1,221—1 year out——2University of California-DavisDavis, California502$52,6841 year out—$12,144 3Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia486$77,8771 year out$109,446$21,700 4University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia406$93,5651 year out—$18,347 5Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey303$78,1771 year out$118,513$21,500 6University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California273$60,9731 year out$86,000$17,500 7New York UniversityNew York, New York245$102,5721 year out—$17,250 8University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina217$68,8041 year out$91,024$22,922 9University of RochesterRochester, New York201$56,4631 year out—$22,250 10University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania200$104,5021 year out—$15,750 11University of California-MercedMerced, California187—1 year out——12University of IowaIowa City, Iowa183$70,3241 year out$96,419$21,500 13University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington183$62,0691 year out$93,200—14The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee181$59,5011 year out$88,397$25,000 15Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona177$73,6181 year out$101,034$17,877 16Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana170$70,9031 year out$100,920$18,284 17Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho144—1 year out——18University of FloridaGainesville, Florida143$60,2901 year out$100,320$18,625 19Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire142$76,7181 year out—$32,034 20Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts140$45,7201 year out$65,563$27,000 21George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia137$68,0491 year out$98,097$18,500 22University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois122$45,6651 year out$65,417$17,750 23University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland121$72,3041 year out$110,163$15,000 24Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan120$46,8861 year out$66,492$26,000 25Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania116$65,6271 year out$99,550$26,237 26University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana115$83,8101 year out—$19,000 27University of HoustonHouston, Texas111—1 year out——28Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts109$80,0461 year out—$18,582 29Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania109$76,6061 year out—$27,000 30University of KansasLawrence, Kansas106$62,9931 year out—$25,000 31University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut103$71,6001 year out$103,314$23,250 32DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois103$51,5221 year out$73,253$24,500 33The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama99$60,8321 year out$79,720$25,000 34Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois96$47,5531 year out$74,155$23,250 35Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia93$92,9631 year out——36University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa93—1 year out——37Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio92—1 year out——38University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio90—1 year out——39University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas88$57,2571 year out$86,089$22,655 40The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas85$61,3031 year out$84,874$18,383 41CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York82$62,3061 year out$96,921$9,000 42Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois80$51,1281 year out$65,538$21,600 43Creighton UniversityOmaha, Nebraska79$65,3651 year out—$24,951 44Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida78—1 year out——45Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama75$64,8411 year out—$23,250 46University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina71$51,3841 year out—$23,250 47Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts69$81,1031 year out$104,011$25,000 48Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania69$74,3571 year out$96,560$28,750 49Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona68$65,0701 year out—$26,325 50Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa67—1 year out$73,057—51Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana66$59,1501 year out$90,991$21,500 52William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey65$44,3221 year out$62,355$24,347 53University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska64$75,1371 year out$109,323$24,250 54University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah62—1 year out——55University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin61$83,2601 year out$126,855$22,250 56Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania56$58,1401 year out$70,075$26,000 57University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois53$72,5271 year out$100,568$21,000 58American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia53—1 year out——59National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois52$59,0841 year out$79,141$26,094 60Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio52$68,8141 year out$82,377$20,500 61Drake UniversityDes Moines, Iowa51$80,0441 year out$118,300$23,979 62University of DenverDenver, Colorado50$65,5571 year out—$21,500 63Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts49$99,8431 year out——64Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona49$73,6181 year out$101,034$17,877 65University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California47$66,0991 year out$98,845$11,128 66University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida45—1 year out——67Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, New York43$51,1131 year out$81,424$26,000 68Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityDurant, Oklahoma43$44,9591 year out$64,001$20,780 69University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan42$61,2971 year out—$25,500 70Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania42$41,7871 year out$72,901$26,625 71Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania38$74,7781 year out$103,049$26,000 72Roosevelt UniversityChicago, Illinois37$48,7151 year out$66,723$25,000 73Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida36$62,5781 year out$99,280$18,750 74Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia35—1 year out——75University of St ThomasSaint Paul, Minnesota35$78,9781 year out$99,241$18,500 76University of North TexasDenton, Texas35$58,6151 year out—$18,000 77University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington35$62,0691 year out$93,200—78Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California34—1 year out——79Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania34$58,1401 year out$70,075$26,000 80Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois33$42,7111 year out$62,561$27,000 81Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana32$67,3501 year out$94,152$16,654 82Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas32$55,8871 year out—$23,929 83Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington32—1 year out——84Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois31$42,5001 year out$57,214$25,000 85George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia29$66,3621 year out—$21,000 86St. John's University-New YorkQueens, New York29$82,4321 year out—$19,500 87Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington29$63,4961 year out—$22,332 88Saint Ambrose UniversityDavenport, Iowa28$49,0391 year out$63,210$26,935 89Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina28—1 year out——90Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina27—1 year out——91Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York26$51,4941 year out$77,408$24,250 92Walsh CollegeTroy, Michigan25—1 year out——93Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York25—1 year out——94Cornell CollegeMount Vernon, Iowa24$42,1271 year out——95Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee24—1 year out——96Lenoir-Rhyne UniversityHickory, North Carolina23$45,5341 year out—$27,000 97Bryant UniversitySmithfield, Rhode Island23$60,1621 year out——98Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas23—1 year out——99Quincy UniversityQuincy, Illinois22—1 year out$49,998$26,074 100Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon22—1 year out——

Associate programs — 12 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida61—1 year out——2Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire20—1 year out——3Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina12—1 year out——4Nashua Community CollegeNashua, New Hampshire3—1 year out——5Murray State CollegeTishomingo, Oklahoma3—1 year out$24,637—6Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi2—1 year out——7Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina2—1 year out——8Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——9Cleary UniversityHowell, Michigan1—1 year out——10Ensign CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah1—1 year out——11Louisiana State University-EuniceEunice, Louisiana——1 year out$39,706—12Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma0$40,4591 year out—$21,380

Certificate programs — 49 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona201$68,0791 year out—$19,854 2Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina100—1 year out—$17,125 3University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona79—1 year out——4University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania76$69,3391 year out—$22,000 5University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio71—1 year out——6Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas43—1 year out——7The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas42—1 year out——8Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas41—1 year out——9Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona39$68,0791 year out—$19,854 10University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia36$62,9511 year out—$23,725 11Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida28—1 year out—$12,500 12University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland24—1 year out——13The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas21—1 year out——14Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts18—1 year out——15Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdale, Arizona14—1 year out——16Southeast Arkansas CollegePine Bluff, Arkansas14—1 year out——17Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota14—1 year out——18Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah12—1 year out——19Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida8—1 year out——20Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland7—1 year out——21Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico7—1 year out——22University of Arkansas at Little RockLittle Rock, Arkansas6—1 year out——23Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi6—1 year out——24Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey6—1 year out——25Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina6—1 year out——26Howard Community CollegeColumbia, Maryland5—1 year out——27Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——28Inver Hills Community CollegeInver Grove Heights, Minnesota3—1 year out——29College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho3—1 year out——30Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona2—1 year out——31University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina2—1 year out——32Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon2—1 year out——33Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——34The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas2—1 year out——35Ensign CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah2—1 year out——36Paradise Valley Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona2—1 year out——37Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondale, Arizona2—1 year out——38University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska1—1 year out——39Rio Salado CollegeTempe, Arizona1—1 year out——40Henderson State UniversityArkadelphia, Arkansas1—1 year out——41Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida1—1 year out——42Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida1—1 year out——43Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, Georgia1—1 year out——44Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana1—1 year out——45Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota1—1 year out——46Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio1—1 year out——47Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio1—1 year out——48Houston Christian UniversityHouston, Texas1—1 year out——49Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).