2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Management Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Plains States region, there were 1,771 management sciences and quantitative methods graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,390 and $30,853 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 management sciences and quantitative methods graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Management Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods in the Plains States Region

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Management Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s management science students in 2019-2020.

Capella University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Capella University

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Management Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 2 doctorate’s management science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at University of Iowa

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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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