2025 Best Management Science Doctor's Degree Schools

a doctor's degree in management science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #165 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for management science students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 214 doctor's degrees in management science to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Management Science School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of management science for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on management science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of management science students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized management science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for management science students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Management Science Schools

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 Science Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Management Science in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in management science.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Management Science

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in management science has to check out Washington University in St Louis. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a doctorate in management science from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in management science. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in management science from University of Southern California

3

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Drexel University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in management science. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in management science from Drexel University

4

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in management science. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle.More information about a doctorate in management science from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

5

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the city of Knoxville.More information about a doctorate in management science from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

6

The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

UT Dallas is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Richardson.More information about a doctorate in management science from The University of Texas at Dallas

7

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in management science from University of Utah

Management Science by Region

View the Best Management Science Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Management Science Related Rankings by Major

Management Science is one of 3 different types of Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Management Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	113
Business Statistics	5

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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