Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Carnegie Mellon University

What traits are you looking for in a management science school? To help you decide if Carnegie Mellon University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's management science program.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519. In 2021, 2 management science majors received their bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science
• Master’s Degree in Management Science
• Doctorate Degree in Management Science

Carnegie Mellon Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks management science programs across the country. The following shows how Carnegie Mellon performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The management science major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	3
	3
	4
	9
	14
	25
	32
	239

In 2021, 361 students received their master’s degree in management science from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #23 most popular school for management science master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in management science, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Management Science Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the management science majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 management science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Carnegie Mellon, about 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical management science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 58% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its management science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in management science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Carnegie Mellon Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Program

Of the 361 students who earned a master's degree in Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods from Carnegie Mellon in 2020-2021, 68% were men and 32% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in management science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	44
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	139
International Students	153
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in management science. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Carnegie Mellon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Management Science	272
Actuarial Science	88
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	6

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Management Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in management science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Chief Executives	6,540	$231,120
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520
Insurance Underwriters	4,640	$77,300
Statisticians	3,710	$85,180

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.