Eastern Illinois University Management Science (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
- Public university
- Charleston, IL
- About 31 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Eastern Illinois University management science graduates earn less than graduates of most management science programs nationally, $42,500 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $25,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $23,500. Several Illinois programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Illinois and national columns are the medians across all management science bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Eastern Illinois University graduates earn less than the national figure and about $8,917 less than the Illinois median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Illinois management science program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Illinois medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 35% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $4,241 less in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed more. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $265 a month, or 7.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 23 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $12,000.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
82% of graduates (56 of 68) were working in Illinois one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of Illinois outside metro areas are about 13% below the national average, so a $42,500 salary here buys what about $48,616 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to management science, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
General and Operations Managers
$103,570Median pay in Illinois. 171,300 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Management Analysts
$104,270Median pay in Illinois. 45,820 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 94,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Data Scientists
$106,560Median pay in Illinois. 10,520 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 35% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Chief Executives
$331,920Median pay in Illinois. 4,620 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 19,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
About Eastern Illinois University
Management Science ranks 7th of 25 bachelor's programs at Eastern Illinois University by first-year earnings. The top three are Industrial Technology ($58,817), Finance ($51,370), and Other Interdisciplinary Studies ($50,862).
Other management science bachelor's programs near Charleston
Common questions
The median graduate earns $42,500 one year after graduating and $57,214 five years after. The median across management science bachelor's programs in Illinois is $48,715.
The median federal loan balance is $25,000, which ranks 8th lowest of 13 management science bachelor's programs in Illinois. That works out to about $265 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 59% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 39%. Compare the cost with other Illinois programs before deciding.
Most do. 82% (56 of 68) were working in Illinois one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Illinois comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the management science program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024