Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

Compiled by PlainCollege , College outcomes data analysis

331

Schools

Bachelor's

Credential Level

$86,961

National Avg Earnings

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods is tracked across 331 U.S. postsecondary institutions in the College Scorecard field-of-study file, which links CIP code classifications from IPEDS to Treasury earnings records. This profile covers the bachelor's credential level specifically, because the Department of Education reports program-level outcomes separately for associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral awards. The CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) taxonomy lets analysts roll up specialties into broader families, which is why earnings medians across schools can be compared on a common basis.

Across all reporting institutions, the mean of school-level medians is $86,961, calculated from 126 schools with published earnings data. The earnings distribution stretches from $50,553 at the low end to $158,559 at the top, with a 25th-75th percentile band between $73,308 and $97,049 around a median of $84,313. The top-reporting institution in this program is New York University at $158,559. These numbers reflect Treasury-derived wages, deferred compensation, and positive self-employment earnings four years after completion for federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled.

Variation across schools matters more than a single national figure. Completer counts and earnings cohort counts are distinct source fields, so the displayed completer count should not be assumed to be the earnings denominator. PlainCollege's debt-to-earnings ratio divides median federal debt by annual median earnings as a descriptive comparison; it is not the Department's formal gainful-employment test. Use the school-by-school table to compare reported outcomes while accounting for cohort size, suppression, program mix, and location.

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods bachelor's credential median earnings varies 3.1× across entities

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods bachelor's credential median earnings ranges from $50,553 (lowest) to $158,559 (highest), a spread of $108,006. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Earnings are measured four years after completion using Treasury-derived records for federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled. They are descriptive early-career outcomes, not forecasts of longer-term earnings.

Source: College Scorecard Field of Study file; U.S. Treasury earnings linkage Accessed 2026-08-01

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods bachelor's credential median debt varies 4.3× across entities

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods bachelor's credential median debt ranges from $7,500 (lowest) to $32,595 (highest), a spread of $25,095. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme cost-of-attendance variation, students at the high end accumulate substantially more debt for the same credential, often without proportionally higher post-graduation earnings. Median debt counts only those students who borrowed federal loans, students who paid out-of-pocket or received institutional grants are excluded from the borrower median, which can flatter low-debt schools.

Source: College Scorecard Field of Study file; IPEDS financial aid data Accessed 2026-08-01

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods debt-to-earnings ratio is 0.27 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)

debt-to-earnings ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: this ratio uses federal loan principal, not all education debt, private loans, parent PLUS loans not in the borrower’s name, and institutional debt are excluded Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.

Source: College Scorecard Field of Study file Accessed 2026-08-01

Earnings Distribution

Min

$50,553

25th %ile

$73,308

Median

$84,313

75th %ile

$97,049

Max

$158,559

$50,553 $158,559

Top Schools for This Program

School Name	State	Awards (latest year)	Median Earnings (4 yrs after completion)	Median Debt
New York University	NY	255	$158,559	$17,250
University of Pennsylvania	PA	209	$153,279	$15,750
Wake Forest University	NC	18	$146,608	-
University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	368	$139,095	$18,286
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	251	$126,906	$21,500
Boston College	MA	110	$126,475	$18,000
University of Notre Dame	IN	132	$124,557	$19,000
George Washington University	DC	31	$120,730	$20,500
Texas Christian University	TX	11	$114,822	-
University of Maryland-College Park	MD	131	$111,649	$14,943
Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	72	$111,500	$20,500
Bentley University	MA	78	$111,433	$25,000
Villanova University	PA	140	$109,642	$27,000
St. John's University-New York	NY	25	$109,396	$19,500
University of Florida	FL	138	$109,220	$18,625
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	444	$108,726	$21,500
University of St Thomas	MN	38	$108,187	$18,500
University of Kansas	KS	106	$107,635	$23,250
University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	69	$106,521	$22,250
Lebanon Valley College	PA	12	$105,444	$27,000
North Central College	IL	5	$105,350	$27,000
Drexel University	PA	206	$104,599	$28,233
Temple University	PA	49	$104,311	$24,187
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	84	$104,172	$20,500
University of Denver	CO	57	$104,087	$21,500
University of Rochester	NY	218	$102,625	$21,625
Miami University-Oxford	OH	19	$102,249	$27,000
University of Delaware	DE	22	$101,502	$25,740
University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	198	$98,020	$22,497
Michigan State University	MI	14	$97,236	$22,872
Drake University	IA	41	$97,132	$23,979
George Mason University	VA	371	$97,049	$17,250
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia	PA	129	$96,930	$26,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	167	$96,430	$17,500
Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	29	$96,430	$17,500
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	55	$96,087	$24,000
University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	47	$96,078	$11,128
University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	91	$95,193	-
University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	37	$95,193	-
Southern New Hampshire University	NH	94	$94,942	$25,079
Florida State University	FL	49	$94,887	$18,522
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	103	$94,582	$7,500
Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	147	$93,976	$18,578
Indiana State University	IN	15	$92,741	-
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	189	$92,042	$24,812
University of Iowa	IA	201	$91,720	$20,500
University of Connecticut	CT	99	$91,446	$23,250
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	0	$91,446	$23,250
University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	0	$91,446	$23,250
University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	0	$91,446	$23,250
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	0	$91,446	$23,250
University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	0	$89,660	$20,500
Georgia State University	GA	31	$89,587	$23,029
University of California-San Diego	CA	161	$89,451	$15,127
University of Arkansas	AR	105	$88,067	$22,500
Siena University	NY	13	$87,394	$25,966
Oakland University	MI	6	$87,119	-
Valparaiso University	IN	16	$86,317	-
University of California-Davis	CA	596	$86,155	$12,000
Benedictine University	IL	32	$85,904	$25,000
The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	98	$85,717	$17,048
Creighton University	NE	86	$85,268	$24,951
University of Portland	OR	35	$84,313	$24,000
California State University-Fullerton	CA	-	$83,878	$12,375
Maryville University of Saint Louis	MO	13	$83,328	$19,692
California Lutheran University	CA	26	$83,310	$24,728
Appalachian State University	NC	17	$83,033	$22,811
Rider University	NJ	18	$82,193	$20,497
Grand Canyon University	AZ	64	$81,661	$21,516
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	96	$80,498	$21,500
The University of Alabama	AL	77	$79,811	$23,250
The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	38	$78,996	$22,645
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	MN	4	$78,856	$24,125
University of North Texas	TX	73	$78,629	$17,750
Ball State University	IN	32	$77,774	$16,654
Central Michigan University	MI	14	$77,768	$20,500
La Salle University	PA	23	$76,518	$19,321
DePaul University	IL	103	$76,420	$22,859
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	8	$75,055	-
Mid-America Christian University	OK	28	$75,041	$32,125
Western Kentucky University	KY	1	$74,452	$21,500
Saint Ambrose University	IA	19	$74,438	$26,600
National Louis University	IL	77	$74,144	$22,507
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	48	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington	PA	3	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango	PA	1	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton	PA	6	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley	PA	13	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver	PA	12	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	PA	15	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine	PA	2	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly	PA	1	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton	PA	7	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	27	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny	PA	4	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto	PA	2	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington	PA	7	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill	PA	4	$73,308	$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York	PA	2	$73,308	$25,000
Carroll University	WI	3	$72,961	-

Earnings trajectory. For the 123 schools reporting both horizons, median earnings are 56% higher four years after completion than one year after. That is the same graduates measured twice, not two different groups, so it describes how pay develops early in the career rather than a difference between schools. A school missing from this count reports only one horizon.

Awards and earnings come from different reference periods, so they are not a count and an average of the same people. Awards is the number of credentials the school reported for the latest IPEDS year; median earnings is measured four years after completion, for a separate pooled cohort of earlier graduates. A school can therefore report zero awards in the latest year and still have earnings on record. The earnings figure is not the awards figure’s average, and the awards count is not the earnings sample size. Schools are ranked on the four-year earnings figure only, so every row is compared on the same basis.

Compare beyond the CIP family

Nationwide peers by school count & four-year earnings

Cross-field programs at the same credential level nearest Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods on school-count breadth (331 schools) and mean four-year median earnings ($86,961). Peers exclude the same two-digit CIP family so neighborhoods are not CIP-containment siblings. School-count peers include Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions, Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services, Social Sciences, General. Earnings peers include Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians, Civil Engineering. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of programs.

Similar school count

Nearest programs (≥50 schools) by absolute school-count breadth, outside this CIP family.

Similar four-year earnings

Nearest programs by mean four-year median earnings (deduped against the school-count neighborhood).

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods graduates earn? ▼

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods graduates earn $86,961 on average four years after completion, across the 126 of 331 schools that report earnings for this program. Earnings range from $50,553 to $158,559 depending on the institution.

Which school's Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods graduates earn the most? ▼

New York University has the highest reported median earnings for Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods graduates at $158,559, measured four years after completion in College Scorecard data. This reflects what graduates went on to earn, which depends heavily on who the school admits and which employers recruit there. It is not a figure the school pays.

What credential do you get in Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods? ▼

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods programs typically award a Bachelor's credential. Earnings vary by school and credential level.

Top Schools for Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

Closest schools offering this program – compare earnings side by side

New York University

$158,559 median

University of Pennsylvania

$153,279 median

Wake Forest University

$146,608 median

University of Virginia-Main Campus

$139,095 median

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

$126,906 median

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About This Data

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Field of Study file retrieved in March 2026. The program metric displayed here represents federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled four years after credential completion, using Treasury-derived records published through the Scorecard. Completer counts and debt figures come from the same field-of-study snapshot; the Department refreshes components on schedules documented in its changelog, not one fixed annual date.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.