2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Management Science in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Management Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 23,510 people earned their degree in management science, making the major the 40th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 763 management science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 management science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Management Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in management science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their management science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Management Science Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Management Science Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Management Science in the Plains States Region

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Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#22 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Management Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 5 doctorate’s management science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Capella University Management Science Report

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Management Science Major in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s management science degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full North Dakota State University Management Science Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Management Science

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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