Ranked #40 in popularity, management science is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for management science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 255 degrees in management science to qualified students.
Your choice of management science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Management Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Science Schools in Arkansas list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of management science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Arkansas is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in management science. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #198 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were approximately 170 management science students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in management science has to check out University of Arkansas at Little Rock. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Little Rock. This university ranks 9th out of 34 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were approximately 57 management science students who graduated with this degree at UA Little Rock in the most recent data year.
Ouachita Baptist University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in management science. Located in the distant town of Arkadelphia, Ouachita Baptist is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 12th out of 34 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 21 management science students who graduated with this degree at Ouachita Baptist in the most recent data year.
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).