2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods in California

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Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods is the 47th most popular major in the country with 36,038 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, management sciences and quantitative methods graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,558 and had an average of $28,049 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 4,290 management sciences and quantitative methods graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,333 and $39,683 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 management sciences and quantitative methods graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality management sciences and quantitative methods programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the management sciences and quantitative methods program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Management Science Schools for a Doctorate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Management Science Schools for a Doctorate in California.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods in California

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Management Science Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - San Diego is located in La Jolla, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s management science degrees to qualified students.

UCSD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631.

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#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California

#1 in overall quality

$55,011 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Management Science Schools for a Doctorate in California list. Stanford University is located in Stanford, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 doctorate’s management science degrees to qualified students.

Stanford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford University are $55,011, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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