2025 Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master's Degree Schools in Indiana

If you pursue a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #4 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for management sciences & quantitative methods students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 948 master's degrees in management sciences & quantitative methods during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods School for Your Master's Degree

The management science master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality management science program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to management sciences & quantitative methods students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of management sciences & quantitative methods students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt management sciences & quantitative methods students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized management sciences & quantitative methods related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for management sciences & quantitative methods students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master's Degree Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods in Indiana

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for management sciences & quantitative methods students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Indiana Schools for a Master's in Management Science

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

426 Annual Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Purdue is a very large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Purdue University - Main Campus

2

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

306 Annual Graduates

University of Notre Dame is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Notre Dame

3

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

173 Annual Graduates

$130,003 Median Starting Salary

Indiana University - Bloomington is a wonderful option for students interested in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the small city of Bloomington.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the management science program earn about $130,003 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Indiana University - Bloomington

4

Butler University
Indianapolis, IN

14 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Butler University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Butler is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Indianapolis.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Butler University

5

University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

23 Annual Graduates

UIndy is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Indianapolis.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Indianapolis

Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	3,782
Michigan	211	382
Ohio	207	343
Wisconsin	173	119

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Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods has other similar majors worth exploring.

Management Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	711
Management Science	185
Business Statistics	46
Actuarial Science	6

Majors Similar to Management Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	2,511
General Business/Commerce	1,849
Accounting	348
Human Resource Management	75
Finance & Financial Management	49
Hospitality Management	27
Management Information Systems	16
Insurance	12
Marketing	10
Business/Corporate Communications	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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