Management Science

A general program that focuses on the application of statistical modeling, data warehousing, data mining, programming, forecasting and operations research techniques to the analysis of problems of business organization and performance. Includes instruction in optimization theory and mathematical techniques, data mining, data warehousing, stochastic and dynamic modeling, operations analysis, and the design and testing of prototype systems and evaluation models.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 315 institutions across the United States, with a total of 93343 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

679

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

6,803

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

1,058

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

21,994

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

333

degrees awarded

Other Awards

62,452

awards given

Top Schools for Management Science

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	6,291
2	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	6,093
3	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	3,717
4	New York University New York, NY	3,468
5	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	2,919
6	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	2,727
7	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	2,472
8	Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA	2,274
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	2,235
10	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	2,139
11	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	1,911
12	Stanford University Stanford, CA	1,539
13	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	1,458
14	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	1,233
15	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	1,065
16	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	1,011
17	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	1,011
18	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	1,005
19	University of North Texas Denton, TX	1,002
20	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	960
21	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	951
22	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	936
23	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	936
24	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	915
25	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	834
26	Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg, PA	810
27	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	777
28	Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA	741
29	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	705
30	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	690
31	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	684
32	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	651
33	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	612
34	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	606
35	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	603
36	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	600
37	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	567
38	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	558
39	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	558
40	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	549
41	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	543
42	University of Maine Orono, ME	522
43	Villanova University Villanova, PA	513
44	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	480
45	University of Houston Houston, TX	462
46	Georgetown University Washington, DC	456
47	Lewis University Romeoville, IL	453
48	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	444
49	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	441
50	Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC	436
51	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	429
52	Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA	420
53	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	415
54	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	414
55	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	405
56	Auburn University Auburn, AL	396
57	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	393
58	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	387
59	DePaul University Chicago, IL	387
60	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	384
61	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	384
62	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	384
63	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	360
64	George Washington University Washington, DC	345
65	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	345
66	Manhattan College Riverdale, NY	342
67	Illinois State University Normal, IL	339
68	Creighton University Omaha, NE	339
69	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	324
70	University of Mississippi University, MS	318
71	University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	316
72	Florida International University Miami, FL	315
73	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	306
74	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	285
75	University of Georgia Athens, GA	279
76	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	276
77	Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA	276
78	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	275
79	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	267
80	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	267
81	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	267
82	Seattle University Seattle, WA	267
83	American University Washington, DC	261
84	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	258
85	American Public University System Charles Town, WV	252
86	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	249
87	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI	246
88	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA	243
89	Bryant University Smithfield, RI	237
90	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	228
91	New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY	228
92	Suffolk University Boston, MA	228
93	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	225
94	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	222
95	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	219
96	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	216
97	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	216
98	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	216
99	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	213
100	Clark University Worcester, MA	210