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

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 Georgia 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 2,077 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 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 master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The management science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master's Degree Schools in Georgia.

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

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

Top Georgia Schools for a Master's in Management Science

1

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

152 Annual Graduates

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

2

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

1,456 Annual Graduates

$121,795 Median Starting Salary

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods master's degree recipients from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus get an earnings boost of around $27,431 above the average income of management sciences & quantitative methods majors.

More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

3

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

110 Annual Graduates

$82,229 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods has to take a look at University of Georgia. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the management science program make an average of $82,229 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Georgia

4

Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

202 Annual Graduates

$89,008 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Georgia State University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the management science program make about $89,008 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Georgia State University

5

Mercer University
Macon, GA

49 Annual Graduates

$84,424 Median Starting Salary

Located in the medium-sized city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the management science program earn an average of $84,424 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Mercer University

Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	361
Virginia	182	329
North Carolina	178	1,784
Tennessee	166	79
Alabama	151	113
Kentucky	147	191
Louisiana	147	195
South Carolina	146	5
Mississippi	145	36
Arkansas	121	78
West Virginia	112	51

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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	1,595
Management Science	433
Actuarial Science	32
Business Statistics	17

Majors Similar to Management Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	2,277
Accounting	580
General Business/Commerce	387
Human Resource Management	70
Other Business, Management & Marketing	42
Marketing	20
Management Information Systems	18
International Business	13
Taxation	11
Hospitality Management	8

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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