CIP 52.1301 Business

Management Science

IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education · 2025

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Total graduates

34,117

2025 · 322 schools

International share

31.6%

10,773 international students

Bachelor's degrees

9,300

11.6% international

Master's degrees

24,477

39.1% international

Overview

Management Science is an interdisciplinary field that applies analytical methods to help make better decisions in organizations. It combines elements from mathematics, statistics, computer science, and business management to solve complex problems. The primary goal of Management Science is to improve decision-making processes by using quantitative techniques and modeling to analyze data and forecast outcomes.

Students in Management Science programs typically learn about optimization, simulation, decision analysis, and operations research. They are trained to develop models that can represent real-world systems and scenarios, enabling them to assess various strategies and make informed decisions. This discipline is particularly valuable in areas such as supply chain management, logistics, finance, and production operations.

The skills gained in Management Science are applicable across a wide range of industries. Graduates can pursue careers in consulting, data analysis, project management, and operations management, among others. They often find roles in both the private and public sectors, helping organizations increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance overall performance.

As organizations increasingly rely on data-driven decision-making, the demand for professionals skilled in Management Science continues to grow. This field not only equips students with technical skills but also fosters critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, making them valuable assets in today's competitive job market. Overall, Management Science plays a crucial role in shaping the strategic direction of businesses and organizations, driving innovation and sustainable growth.

Graduates by year

Graduates by degree level (first and second majors)

4,636 02

6,257 03

6,192 04

6,692 05

7,262 06

7,193 07

7,120 08

4,806 09

4,393 10

4,577 11

4,735 12

4,998 13

4,825 14

6,090 15

6,537 16

7,553 17

9,032 18

10K 19

18K 20

21K 21

23K 22

29K 23

32K 24

34K 25

AssociateBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoral

From 2002 to 2025, graduates grew 636% and the international share went from 5.9% to 31.6%.

International share (%)

6 02

7 03

8 04

8 05

8 06

7 07

5 08

6 09

7 10

8 11

9 12

11 13

10 14

18 15

21 16

27 17

31 18

33 19

32 20

29 21

27 22

32 23

32 24

32 25

Graduates by group, 2025

White

35.8%

Asian

13.1%

Hispanic

8.4%

Black

5.4%

Other

5.8%

Intl.

31.6%

Colleges that award this degree

In 2025, 322 schools awarded this degree as a first major. The table lists those in the 2027 U.S. News National or Liberal Arts rankings, plus the unranked schools with the most graduates.

Rank	School	State	Graduates	International
#1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts	669	288
#4	Yale University	Connecticut	191	171
#5	Stanford University	California	534	222
#7	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	145	56
#9	University of Chicago	Illinois	1,296	451
#9	Northwestern University	Illinois	1,645	412
#9	Johns Hopkins University	Maryland	423	55
#12	Dartmouth College	New Hampshire	136	90
#14	Cornell University	New York	307	258
#14	Carnegie Mellon University	Pennsylvania	297	117
#16	Washington University in St Louis	Missouri	96	83
#20	University of California-Berkeley	California	542	165
#20	University of California-Los Angeles	California	654	149
#20	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	170	27
#23	Georgetown University	D.C.	172	3
#23	Emory University	Georgia	870	193
#25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Michigan	87	65
#26	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Virginia	124	3
#27	University of Southern California	California	1,920	574
#27	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	920	114
#29	University of California-San Diego	California	143	30
#29	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Georgia	217	35
#31	Boston College	Massachusetts	64	44
#31	New York University	New York	1,636	328
#34	University of California-Davis	California	296	33
#34	University of California-Irvine	California	216	118
#34	University of Florida	Florida	186	7
#34	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	57	2
#34	Boston University	Massachusetts	167	144
#34	Wake Forest University	North Carolina	117	26
#34	The University of Texas at Austin	Texas	56	46
#34	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Wisconsin	22	14
#42	Villanova University	Pennsylvania	31	0
#44	University of California-Santa Barbara	California	33	15
#44	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Jersey	356	59
#44	Case Western Reserve University	Ohio	22	15
#44	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Ohio	76	22
#44	Lehigh University	Pennsylvania	14	4
#49	University of Maryland-College Park	Maryland	452	54
#49	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Washington	160	106
#52	University of Georgia	Georgia	116	19
#52	College of William and Mary	Virginia	110	16
#52	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Virginia	610	40
#55	Santa Clara University	California	113	53
#55	The Pennsylvania State University	Pennsylvania	45	26
#55	Purdue University-Main Campus	Indiana	130	52
#59	George Washington University	D.C.	145	94
#59	Florida State University	Florida	55	0
#59	Tulane University of Louisiana	Louisiana	64	34
#59	Brandeis University	Massachusetts	58	50
#59	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minnesota	43	25
#59	Stevens Institute of Technology	New Jersey	85	5
#59	Stony Brook University	New York	14	0
#59	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pennsylvania	11	7
#69	Michigan State University	Michigan	20	20
#72	Syracuse University	New York	29	8
#73	University of Connecticut	Connecticut	3	3
#73	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Massachusetts	13	9
#73	Rutgers University-Newark	New Jersey	140	46
#73	Binghamton University	New York	249	10
#73	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	North Carolina	316	20
#80	Pepperdine University	California	86	53
#80	Drexel University	Pennsylvania	71	9
#85	New Jersey Institute of Technology	New Jersey	62	46
#85	University at Buffalo	New York	101	60
#85	Southern Methodist University	Texas	541	103
#90	Marquette University	Wisconsin	4	0
#95	American University	D.C.	91	58
#95	University of Illinois at Chicago	Illinois	149	70
#95	Rutgers University--Camden	New Jersey	48	12
#95	Rochester Institute of Technology	New York	33	17
#100	Auburn University	Alabama	81	2
#100	Chapman University	California	55	7
#100	University of San Diego	California	10	8
#100	Florida International University	Florida	108	33
#100	Saint Louis University	Missouri	91	52
#100	Creighton University	Nebraska	45	3
#100	Elon University	North Carolina	72	9
#109	Loyola Marymount University	California	69	22
#109	University of Colorado Boulder	Colorado	19	6
#109	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	New Hampshire	17	1
#109	Temple University	Pennsylvania	9	1
#109	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Tennessee	207	16
#116	University of San Francisco	California	31	30
#116	Iowa State University	Iowa	36	8
#116	Brigham Young University-Provo	Utah	455	27
#121	Arizona State University-Tempe	Arizona	1,344	671
#121	University of Denver	Colorado	27	7
#121	Illinois Institute of Technology	Illinois	53	47
#121	Loyola University Chicago	Illinois	26	6
#121	University of Dayton	Ohio	52	33
#121	University of South Carolina-Columbia	South Carolina	185	9
#121	The University of Texas at Dallas	Texas	238	157
#133	Clark University	Massachusetts	82	78
#137	San Diego State University	California	44	28
#137	St John's University (NY)	New York	35	8
#137	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	85	15
#137	University of Scranton	Pennsylvania	145	109
#137	University of Houston	Texas	208	40
#148	Catholic University of America	D.C.	12	4
#148	Mercer University	Georgia	130	106
#148	University of Kansas	Kansas	83	17
#148	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	Massachusetts	36	17
#148	University of Tulsa	Oklahoma	31	5
#156	The University of Alabama	Alabama	95	1
#156	Quinnipiac University	Connecticut	120	8
#156	Kansas State University	Kansas	33	12
#156	Montclair State University	New Jersey	29	1
#156	Oregon State University	Oregon	86	46
#156	Duquesne University	Pennsylvania	62	14
#169	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	Colorado	34	1
#169	Bradley University	Illinois	7	1
#169	DePaul University	Illinois	190	83
#169	Butler University	Indiana	4	0
#169	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Nebraska	4	3
#169	Touro College	New York	32	22
#169	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	North Carolina	88	2
#179	University of Louisville	Kentucky	22	10
#179	University of Mississippi	Mississippi	103	0
#179	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	Ohio	190	103
#179	University of Utah	Utah	183	37
#179	Seattle University	Washington	99	57
#186	California Lutheran University	California	27	11
#186	Wayne State University	Michigan	1	1
#191	University of Arkansas	Arkansas	151	20
#191	Georgia State University	Georgia	7	1
#191	Adelphi University	New York	35	33
#191	Hofstra University	New York	181	28
#202	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Louisiana	344	11
#202	University of Massachusetts-Boston	Massachusetts	73	39
#202	Ohio University-Main Campus	Ohio	60	0
#208	Ohio Northern University	Ohio	10	0
#208	Xavier University	Ohio	4	0
#208	Belmont University	Tennessee	49	1
#219	Illinois State University	Illinois	82	0
#219	New York Institute of Technology	New York	202	161
#219	University of North Carolina--Wilmington	North Carolina	277	13
#227	San Francisco State University	California	18	15
#227	Ball State University	Indiana	6	0
#227	University of Michigan-Dearborn	Michigan	40	9
#227	University of Texas-San Antonio	Texas	1	0
#227	West Virginia University	West Virginia	24	1
#236	University of Colorado Denver	Colorado	124	38
#236	Stetson University	Florida	89	4
#236	University of Nevada--Las Vegas	Nevada	5	0
#236	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	North Dakota	13	8
#250	Nova Southeastern University	Florida	65	24
#250	Lipscomb University	Tennessee	1	1
#250	University of Wyoming	Wyoming	118	2
#262	University of Alabama--Huntsville	Alabama	21	10
#262	University of Maine	Maine	166	18
#262	Suffolk University	Massachusetts	95	70
#276	Regis University	Colorado	8	1
#276	University of St. Francis	Illinois	17	0
#276	University of Missouri--St. Louis	Missouri	6	5
#276	Widener University	Pennsylvania	2	0
#288	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	Illinois	23	1
#288	Wichita State University	Kansas	76	75
#288	Utah State University	Utah	60	1
#288	Shenandoah University	Virginia	47	13
#299	Southern Connecticut State University	Connecticut	46	2
#299	University of Nebraska--Omaha	Nebraska	13	4
#299	University of Toledo	Ohio	1	0
#299	Concordia University Wisconsin	Wisconsin	2	0
#308	Northern Illinois University	Illinois	119	1
#308	Oakland University	Michigan	26	19
#308	University of the Incarnate Word	Texas	12	0
#317	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus	Pennsylvania	25	23
#332	Jacksonville University	Florida	19	2
#342	Missouri State University	Missouri	14	0
#342	University of Akron	Ohio	15	14
#353	Arkansas State University	Arkansas	353	41
#365	Troy University	Alabama	1	0
#365	University of Central Arkansas	Arkansas	24	9
#365	The University of Montana	Montana	17	0
#365	Eastern Washington University	Washington	7	0
#376	University of Arkansas--Little Rock	Arkansas	34	18
#376	University of Bridgeport	Connecticut	98	96
#382	Grand Canyon University	Arizona	204	72
#382	Saint Leo University	Florida	43	24
#382	Governors State University	Illinois	40	37
#382	National Louis University	Illinois	27	0
#382	Roosevelt University	Illinois	17	1
#382	Northeastern State University	Oklahoma	5	0
#382	Dallas Baptist University	Texas	30	20
#382	East Texas A&M University	Texas	29	3
#382	Houston Christian University	Texas	10	9
#382	Texas Wesleyan University	Texas	34	4
#382	Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus	Puerto Rico	2	0
LAC #21	University of Richmond	Virginia	8	0
LAC #29	Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	17	1
LAC #38	Trinity University	Texas	4	0
LAC #57	Wheaton College (IL)	Illinois	1	0
LAC #85	Stonehill College	Massachusetts	11	0
LAC #85	Susquehanna University	Pennsylvania	1	0
LAC #91	Augustana College	Illinois	1	1
LAC #106	Pacific Lutheran University	Washington	3	1
LAC #111	Saint Vincent College	Pennsylvania	19	0
LAC #128	Cornell College	Iowa	4	0
LAC #132	Saint Norbert College	Wisconsin	3	0
LAC #138	Millsaps College	Mississippi	3	0
LAC #160	Wittenberg University	Ohio	7	0
LAC #172	Brigham Young University-Idaho	Idaho	47	3
—	Northeastern University Professional Programs	Massachusetts	870	813
—	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	Arizona	472	19
—	Harrisburg University of Science and Technology	Pennsylvania	365	356
—	Lewis University	Illinois	234	216
—	California State University--East Bay	California	150	143
—	Bridgewater State University	Massachusetts	142	2
—	American Public University System	West Virginia	108	3
—	University of the Cumberlands	Kentucky	105	55
—	Grand Valley State University	Michigan	87	2
—	Manhattan University	New York	85	11
—	Utah Valley University	Utah	81	1
—	Bryant University	Rhode Island	78	9
—	Thomas More University	Kentucky	70	14
—	McDaniel College	Maryland	70	60
—	Faulkner University	Alabama	69	19
—	Weber State University	Utah	66	5
—	Naval Postgraduate School	California	63	1
—	Walsh College	Michigan	62	2
—	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	California	57	24
—	Carl Albert State College	Oklahoma	55	0
—	Saginaw Valley State University	Michigan	47	8
—	Farmingdale State College	New York	44	1
—	Augustana University	South Dakota	37	3
—	Indiana Institute of Technology	Indiana	36	34
—	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	34	1
—	St. Francis College	New York	33	9
—	Anderson University	South Carolina	33	5
—	Capella University	Minnesota	33	0
—	University of North America	Virginia	33	33
—	Oklahoma Christian University	Oklahoma	31	0

Purple: international students are 25% or more of the school's graduates.

Related jobs and pay

Occupation	US employment	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage
General and Operations Managers	3,503,020	$64.87	$134,940
Management Analysts	898,280	$54.71	$113,790
Data Scientists	262,440	$60.96	$126,800
Chief Executives	204,350	$129.63	$269,630
Operations Research Analysts	108,510	$47.95	$99,730
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	82,150	—	$114,720

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

Graduate counts: IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education, 2002–2025. Rankings: 2027 U.S. News.

Management Science

Overview

Graduates by year

Colleges that award this degree

Related jobs and pay

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