If you pursue a degree in management science, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #40 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Management Science Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 754 degrees in management science to qualified students.
Your choice of management science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for management science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Science Schools in Virginia.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the management science degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat Virginia Tech if you wish to pursue a degree in management science. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 444 management science students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
University of Virginia - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in management science. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #35 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 69 management science students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year.
William & Mary is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in management science. Located in the suburb of Williamsburg, William & Mary is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. This school ranks 5th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 149 management science students who graduated with this degree at William & Mary in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in management science has to look into University of Management and Technology. Located in the midsize city of Arlington, University of Management and Technology is a private for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 57th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 18 management science students who graduated with this degree at University of Management and Technology in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of management science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for management science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
