Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 31,642.

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.

UMass Amherst Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Management Science

Online Classes Are Available at UMass Amherst

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? UMass Amherst offers distance education options for management science at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UMass Amherst Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Rankings

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Management Science Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

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

UMass Amherst Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of management science master's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

Of the students who received a management science master's degree from UMass Amherst, 73% 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 University of Massachusetts Amherst with a master's in management science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	30
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 University of Massachusetts Amherst. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	41

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Hospitality Management
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Accounting

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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Chief Executives	7,990	$221,810
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040
Statisticians	3,090	$108,670
Operations Research Analysts	3,050	$88,190

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 Lion Hirth under License

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