2025 Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

a bachelor's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #48 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 11 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for management sciences & quantitative methods students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 848 bachelor's degrees in management sciences & quantitative methods to qualified students.

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

The management science bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

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

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 sciences & quantitative methods students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other management sciences & quantitative methods students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for management sciences & quantitative methods to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized management sciences & quantitative methods related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods.

10 Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Management Science

1

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

183 Annual Graduates

$70,324 Median Starting Salary

$33,930 Median Student Debt

University of Iowa is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a very large student population.

Those management sciences & quantitative methods students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Iowa earn $5,518 more than the average management science student.

More information about a bachelor’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Iowa

2

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

67 Annual Graduates

Iowa State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the city of Ames.More information about a bachelor’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Iowa State University

3

University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN

35 Annual Graduates

$78,978 Median Starting Salary

University of St Thomas Minnesota is a good choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul.

Those management sciences & quantitative methods students who get their bachelor's degree from University of St Thomas Minnesota receive $14,172 more than the typical management science student.

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4

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

19 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Saint Louis University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Saint Louis University

5

Drake University
Des Moines, IA

51 Annual Graduates

$80,044 Median Starting Salary

Drake is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines.

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods bachelor's degree recipients from Drake University receive an earnings boost of about $15,238 above the typical income of management sciences & quantitative methods graduates.

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6

Creighton University
Omaha, NE

79 Annual Graduates

$65,365 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the management science program report average early career earnings of $65,365.

More information about a bachelor’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Creighton University

7

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

64 Annual Graduates

$75,137 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the management sciences & quantitative methods major at University of Nebraska - Lincoln make $10,331 above the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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8

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA

93 Annual Graduates

UNI is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Cedar Falls.More information about a bachelor’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Northern Iowa

9

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

106 Annual Graduates

$62,993 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the management science program report average early career wages of $62,993.

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10

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

15 Annual Graduates

USD is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Vermillion.More information about a bachelor’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of South Dakota

Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges by State

Explore the best management sciences & quantitative methods schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	82
Minnesota	215	69
Iowa	197	340
Kansas	184	72
Nebraska	180	150
South Dakota	148	18

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Rankings in Majors Related to Management Science

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

Management Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	352
Management Science	280
Actuarial Science	208
Business Statistics	8

Majors Similar to Management Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	10,099
Finance & Financial Management	4,185
Marketing	3,624
Accounting	3,422
General Business/Commerce	2,921
Human Resource Management	1,240
Construction Management	411
Hospitality Management	357
Management Information Systems	350
Entrepreneurial Studies	314

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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