Management Science at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study management science, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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

Purdue Management Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Management Science

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Purdue offers distance education options for management science at the following degree levels:

Purdue Management Science 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.

In 2021, 41 students received their master’s degree in management science from Purdue. This makes it the #64 most popular school for management science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Management Science Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the management science majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Management Science Master’s Program

Of the 41 students who earned a master's degree in Management Science from Purdue in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in management science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Actuarial Science
• Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Chief Executives	4,220	$148,730
Operations Research Analysts	1,140	$68,560

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.