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What can you do with a
Management Sciences And Quantitative Methods degree?

Management Sciences And Quantitative Methods is modest-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
4.9 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$28k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$73,336
Typical debt
$22,556
4-yr net cost
$79,656
Monthly loan payment
$257/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

12 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Chief Executivescommon
AI risk 3 → 46 future · +4.3% demand
$245,440
Business Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 31 → 49 future · +5.7% demand
$133,974
Statisticiansleap
AI risk 21 → 79 future · +8.5% demand
$128,201
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$127,000
Data Scientistsleap
AI risk 46 → 75 future · +33.5% demand
$125,923
General and Operations Managersstretch
AI risk 14 → 48 future · +4.4% demand
$125,000
Actuariesleap
AI risk 5 → 50 future · +21.8% demand
$123,729
Management Analystsstretch
AI risk 24 → 40 future · +8.8% demand
$122,500
Operations Research Analystsleap
AI risk 43 → 63 future · +21.5% demand
$120,900
Insurance Underwritersleap
AI risk 6 → 57 future · -2.6% demand
$105,248
Survey Researchersleap
AI risk 43 → 62 future · -5.2% demand
$85,000
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 43 → 54 future · +2.3% demand
$81,000
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.