Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Colleges award this field under 4 named programs, from Management Science to Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other.
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Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 4 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Management Science
- Focuses on the application of statistical modeling, data warehousing, data mining, programming, forecasting and operations research techniques to the analysis of problems of business organization and performance. Covers optimization theory and mathematical techniques, data mining, data warehousing, stochastic and dynamic modeling, operations analysis, and the design and testing of prototype systems and evaluation models.
- Business Statistics
- Focuses on the application of mathematical statistics to the description, analysis, and forecasting of business data. Covers statistical theory and methods, computer applications, data analysis and display, long- and short-term forecasting methods, and market performance analysis.
- Actuarial Science
- Focuses on the mathematical and statistical analysis of risk, and their applications to insurance and other business management problems. Covers forecasting theory, quantitative and non-quantitative risk measurement methodologies, development of risk tables, secondary data analysis, and computer-assisted research methods.
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
- Business quantitative methods and management science not listed above.
Also called Business Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence
Where it can lead
Careers this field can lead to
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- $105,770
- Hiring change through 2035
- 5.0%
- Job openings a year
- 285,000
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- Hiring change through 2035
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- $120,230
- Hiring change through 2035
- 34.6%
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- $99,080
- Hiring change through 2035
- 5.9%
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- 7,600
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- $213,990
- Hiring change through 2035
- 3.2%
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- $88,940
- Hiring change through 2035
- 11.9%
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- −3.8%
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- $79,940
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- 1.7%
- Job openings a year
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- $105,650
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- 11.0%
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- Hiring change through 2035
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