2025 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.

College Factual reviewed 18 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of management sciences & quantitative methods. Combined, these schools handed out 5,459 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 complete 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

New York University
New York, NY

967 Annual Graduates

$178,835 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods needs to take a look at New York University. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods master's degree recipients from New York University earn a boost of about $61,100 over the average income of management sciences & quantitative methods majors.

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2

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

403 Annual Graduates

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

3

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

286 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods needs to look into Fordham University. Located in the large 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

4

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

768 Annual Graduates

$127,604 Median Starting Salary

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

Master's recipients from the management sciences & quantitative methods degree program at University of Rochester earn $9,869 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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5

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

89 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University at Buffalo

6

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

100 Annual Graduates

$90,498 Median Starting Salary

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

Students who graduate with their master's from the management science program state that they receive average early career earnings of $90,498.

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

7

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

216 Annual Graduates

Located in the large 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

199 Annual Graduates

$100,873 Median Starting Salary

Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.

Students who graduate with their master's from the management science program report average early career earnings of $100,873.

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9

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

115 Annual Graduates

RIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from Rochester Institute of Technology

10

Baruch College
New York, NY

188 Annual Graduates

$103,676 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of New York, Baruch is a public college with a large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the management science program report average early career wages of $103,676.

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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	3,526
Management Science	1,777
Business Statistics	105
Actuarial Science	51

Majors Similar to Management Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	4,961
Accounting	1,420
General Sales & Marketing	596
Human Resource Management	549
Real Estate	326
Marketing	319
Other Business, Management & Marketing	284
Hospitality Management	212
Finance & Financial Management	208
Taxation	195

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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