2024 Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master's Degree Schools in New York

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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 19 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for management sciences & quantitative methods students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 4,204 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. 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 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 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 New York.

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

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

10 Top New York Schools for a Master's in Management Science

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

1,592 Annual Graduates

$81,069 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Master's recipients from the management sciences & quantitative methods program at Columbia University in the City of New York get $5,547 above the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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2

New York University
New York, NY

744 Annual Graduates

$81,423 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods has to check out New York University. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Those management sciences & quantitative methods students who get their master's degree from New York University make $5,901 more than the standard management science grad.

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3

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

230 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods has to look into Cornell University. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Cornell University

4

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

228 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods needs to look into Fordham University. Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Fordham University

5

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

529 Annual Graduates

$64,341 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the management science program make an average of $64,341 for their early career.

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

6

Baruch College
New York, NY

179 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of New York, Baruch is a public college with a large student population.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Baruch College

7

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

84 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Hofstra University

8

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

135 Annual Graduates

Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Syracuse.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Syracuse University

9

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

85 Annual Graduates

$71,333 Median Starting Salary

RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy.

Master's students who receive their degree from the management science program earn an average of $71,333 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

10

Manhattan College
Riverdale, NY

Located in the large city of Riverdale, Manhattan is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Manhattan College

Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	248	1,957
Maryland	193	964
New Jersey	188	457
District of Columbia	154	381
Delaware	109	22

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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	2,710
Management Science	1,256
Business Statistics	178
Actuarial Science	60

Majors Similar to Management Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	6,051
Accounting	1,788
Human Resource Management	618
General Sales & Marketing	459
Real Estate	337
Finance & Financial Management	322
Taxation	268
Marketing	259
Other Business, Management & Marketing	237
General Business/Commerce	152

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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