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

Ranked #4 in popularity, management sciences & quantitative methods is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 78 master's degrees in management sciences & quantitative methods during the 2020-2021 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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

More Ways to Rank Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods.

Top Arkansas Schools for a Master's in Management Science

1

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

43 Annual Graduates

$88,303 Median Starting Salary

University of Arkansas is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. UARK is a very large public university located in the small city of Fayetteville.

Students who graduate with their master's from the management science program state that they receive average early career wages of $88,303.

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

2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR

14 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods has to look into University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Located in the city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Arkansas at Little Rock

3

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, AR

21 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Arkansas State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. Located in the city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Schools 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
Kentucky	147	191
Louisiana	147	195
South Carolina	146	5
Mississippi	145	36
West Virginia	112	51

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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	57
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	21

Most Popular Majors Related to Management Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	450
Accounting	81
General Business/Commerce	30
Finance & Financial Management	10
Human Resource 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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