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

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 5 schools in Colorado 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 381 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

Your choice of management sciences & quantitative methods for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on management sciences & quantitative methods students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other management sciences & quantitative methods students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for management sciences & quantitative methods to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• 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 schools for management sciences & quantitative methods students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Schools

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 Colorado.

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

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

Top Colorado Schools for a Master's in Management Science

1

University of Denver
Denver, CO

88 Annual Graduates

$100,676 Median Starting Salary

University of Denver is a good choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. DU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Denver.

Those management sciences & quantitative methods students who get their master's degree from University of Denver make $12,927 more than the typical management science graduate.

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2

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

14 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Colorado State University - Fort Collins if you wish to pursue a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Colorado State University - Fort Collins

3

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

93 Annual Graduates

$78,807 Median Starting Salary

University of Colorado Boulder is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the management science program make about $78,807 in their early career salary.

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4

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

129 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. CU Anschutz is a very large public university located in the city of Denver.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

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Colorado State University - Global Campus
Aurora, CO

57 Annual Graduates

$83,765 Median Starting Salary

Colorado State University - Global Campus is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Aurora.

Students who graduate with their master's from the management science program state that they receive average early career income of $83,765.

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Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	164	188
Montana	90	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Management Science

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Management Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Management Science	209
Business Statistics	112
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	60

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	2,324
Human Resource Management	489
Accounting	322
General Business/Commerce	258
Finance & Financial Management	144
Management Information Systems	102
Marketing	93
Real Estate	55
Taxation	30
International Business	16

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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