Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Grand Valley State University

If you are interested in studying management sciences and quantitative methods, you may want to check out the program at Grand Valley State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,595 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University in 2021, 175 of them were management sciences and quantitative methods majors.

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.

GVSU Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science

GVSU Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the management science progam at GVSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The management science major at GVSU 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
	13
	26
	90
	161

How Much Do Management Science Graduates from GVSU Make?

The median salary of management science students who receive their bachelor's degree at GVSU is $45,994. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $53,059 for all management science students.

Management Science Student Demographics at GVSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the management science majors at Grand Valley State University.

GVSU Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 175 management science majors earned their bachelor's degree from GVSU. Of these graduates, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical management science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at GVSU since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in management science at GVSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	145
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

GVSU also has a doctoral program available in management science. In 2021, 0 student 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Grand Valley State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Management Science	175

Related Majors

• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Human Resource Management
• Hospitality 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Chief Executives	2,620	$206,660
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140
Mathematical Science Professors	1,730	$85,970
Operations Research Analysts	1,640	$88,820

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.