2025 Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master's Degree Schools in Virginia

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 reviewed 3 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of management sciences & quantitative methods. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 332 master's degrees in management sciences & quantitative methods during the 2022-2023 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 good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection 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 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.

More Ways to Rank Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master's Degree Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Virginia Schools for a Master's in Management Science

1

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

198 Annual Graduates

$99,250 Median Starting Salary

University of Virginia - Main Campus is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

Master's recipients from the management sciences & quantitative methods major at University of Virginia - Main Campus get $3,733 more than the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Virginia - Main Campus

2

William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA

116 Annual Graduates

$85,770 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat William & Mary if you wish to pursue a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. William & Mary is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Williamsburg.

Students who graduate with their master's from the management science program state that they receive average early career earnings of $85,770.

More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from William & Mary

3

University of Management and Technology
Arlington, VA

18 Annual Graduates

University of Management and Technology is a great option for students interested in a master's degree in management sciences & quantitative methods. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit university located in the city of Arlington.More information about a master’s in management sciences & quantitative methods from University of Management and Technology

Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	361
Georgia	190	934
North Carolina	178	1,784
Tennessee	166	79
Alabama	151	113
Kentucky	147	191
Louisiana	147	195
South Carolina	146	5
Mississippi	145	36
Arkansas	121	78
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	184
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	148

Most Popular Majors Related to Management Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	3,885
Accounting	367
Human Resource Management	173
General Business/Commerce	148
Finance & Financial Management	111
Marketing	93
International Business	49
Management Information Systems	29
Real Estate	17
Construction Management	4

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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