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title: Is a Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods degree worth the debt?
cip: 5213
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
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# Is a Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Bachelor's**, across **113** colleges (113 of 113 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $52,438 ($52,107 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $23,140 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.43× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $47,472–$58,715 — the program you choose moves the number this much.


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bachelor's | $52,438 | $23,140 | 0.43× | 113 | 113/113 |
| Master's | $81,069 | $38,957 | 0.42× | 73 | 73/73 |
| Grad cert. | $84,965 | — | — | 3 | 3/3 |

## Where a Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New York University (NY) | $79,980 | $17,250 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick (NJ) | $72,418 | $21,500 |
| Lebanon Valley College (PA) | $71,821 | $27,000 |
| Bentley University (MA) | $71,445 | $25,000 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI) | $70,478 | $22,250 |
| California Lutheran University (CA) | $69,402 | $24,728 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus (IN) | $69,207 | $18,578 |
| St. John's University-New York (NY) | $68,739 | $19,500 |
| University of Maryland-College Park (MD) | $67,675 | $14,943 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA) | $67,610 | $21,500 |
| University of St Thomas (MN) | $67,265 | $18,500 |
| Southern New Hampshire University (NH) | $67,048 | $25,079 |
| Maryville University of Saint Louis (MO) | $66,945 | $19,692 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus (OH) | $65,547 | $20,500 |
| Boston College (MA) | $64,987 | $18,000 |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

Structured data: `/education/fields/management-sciences-and-quantitative-methods.jsonld` · `/education/fields/management-sciences-and-quantitative-methods.json`