2025 Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Doctor's Degree Schools

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #108 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for management sciences & quantitative methods students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 332 doctor's degrees in management sciences & quantitative methods to qualified students.

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

Your choice of management sciences & quantitative methods 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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree 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.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor'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 - The number of management sciences & quantitative methods 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for management sciences & quantitative methods to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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 colleges for management sciences & quantitative methods students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 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 Sciences & Quantitative Methods Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods in the United States

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

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Management Science

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

15 Annual Graduates

Washington University in St Louis is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a doctorate in management sciences & quantitative methods from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

16 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Pennsylvania

3

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

14 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Southern California

4

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

17 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods needs to take a look at Drexel University. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in management sciences & quantitative methods from Drexel University

5

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

17 Annual Graduates

UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the city of Seattle.More information about a doctorate in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

6

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

15 Annual Graduates

UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.More information about a doctorate in management sciences & quantitative methods from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

7

The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX

20 Annual Graduates

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

8

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

10 Annual Graduates

DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a doctorate in management sciences & quantitative methods from DePaul University

9

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized 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 sciences & quantitative methods from University of Utah

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods by Region

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

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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
Management Science	214
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	113
Business Statistics	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	3,606
Human Resource Management	266
General Business/Commerce	232
Hospitality Management	59
Accounting	53
Other Business, Management & Marketing	47
Finance & Financial Management	42
Management Information Systems	37
International Business	19
Marketing	15

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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