Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Illinois State University

If you plan to study management sciences and quantitative methods, take a look at what Illinois State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and has a total student population of 20,720. Of the 1,265 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University in 2021, 115 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.

Illinois State Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science

Illinois State Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Rankings

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

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 Illinois State 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
	6
	18
	18
	50
	56
	94
	114
	169
	176

How Much Do Management Science Graduates from Illinois State Make?

The median salary of management science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Illinois State is $44,929. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $53,059 for all management science students.

Management Science Student Demographics at Illinois State

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

Illinois State Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Bachelor’s Program

Of the 115 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods from Illinois State in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical management science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at Illinois State since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in management science at Illinois State 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 Illinois State University with a bachelor's in management science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	87
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Illinois State 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

If you plan to be a management science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Illinois State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Management Science	115

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• International Business
• Insurance
• Construction Management
• Finance & Financial 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 IL, the home state for Illinois State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Chief Executives	9,650	$230,070
Insurance Underwriters	5,780	$75,690
Operations Research Analysts	5,100	$96,630
Business Professors	4,030	$107,910

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 Willjay under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.