Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366. Of the 302 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2021, 52 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.

SIUC Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

SIUC does offer online education options in management science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

SIUC Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks management science programs across the country. The following shows how SIUC 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 SIUC 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
	56
	58
	64
	153
	176
	178
	227
	233
	249
	256
	373

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in management science from SIUC. This makes it the #248 most popular school for management science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SIUC Management Science Graduates

The median salary of management science students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $33,407. This is less than $53,059, which is the national average of all management science majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Management Science Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Bachelor’s Program

Of the 52 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods from SIUC in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in management science at SIUC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in management science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	27
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SIUC Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of management science master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a management science master's degree from SIUC, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Management Science	52
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	3

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Hospitality Management
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.