Management Science at The University of Alabama

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

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and has a total student population of 38,390. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 124 students received a bachelor's degree in management science from UA.

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.

UA Management Science Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UA

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

UA Management Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the management science progam at UA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Management Science. 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
Best Management Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Management Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Management Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Management Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular Management Science Schools	19
Best Management Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Focused Management Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Most Focused Management Science Schools	79
Best Management Science Master’s Degree Schools	82
Best Management Science Schools	95

In 2019, 25 students received their master’s degree in management science from UA. This makes it the #55 most popular school for management science master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in management science, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Management Science Student Demographics at UA

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

UA Management Science Bachelor’s Program

The management science program at UA awarded 124 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 85% of these degrees went to men with the other 15% going to women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in management science at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in management science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	103
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UA Management Science Master’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 25 students earned a master's degree in management science from UA. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% were men.

Of the students who received a management science master's degree from UA, 72% 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 The University of Alabama with a master's in management science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UA also has a doctoral program available in management science. In 2019, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
General and Operations Managers	28,600	$118,440
Chief Executives	1,390	$204,590
Business Professors	840	$98,110
Operations Research Analysts	650	$89,380

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.