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

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #4 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for management sciences & quantitative methods students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 482 master's degrees in management sciences & quantitative methods to qualified students.

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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. 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 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.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 schools for management sciences & quantitative methods students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods.

Top Kentucky Schools for a Master's in Management Science

1

University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY

351 Annual Graduates

University of the Cumberlands is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Cumberlands is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the remote town of Williamsburg.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of the Cumberlands

2

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

19 Annual Graduates

University of Kentucky is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. UK is a very large public university located in the city of Lexington.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Kentucky

3

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

112 Annual Graduates

$82,630 Median Starting Salary

University of Louisville is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a very large student population.

Soon after graduating, management science master's recipients usually make around $82,630 in their early careers.

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

Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	361
Georgia	190	934
Virginia	182	329
North Carolina	178	1,784
Tennessee	166	79
Alabama	151	113
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	435
Management Science	47

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	1,452
Business Administration & Management	1,067
Accounting	115
Human Resource Management	43
Marketing	32
Finance & Financial Management	2

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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