UPenn Management Science (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
- Private nonprofit university
- Philadelphia, PA
- About 200 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
UPenn management science graduates earn more than graduates of most management science programs nationally, $104,502 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $15,750 in federal loans, less than at 93% of management science programs in the country. It is one of the higher-paying management science degrees in Pennsylvania.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Pennsylvania and national columns are the medians across all management science bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Pennsylvania management science program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Pennsylvania medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $17,188 less in their first year than other graduates. 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 $167 a month, or 1.9% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Philadelphia area are about 3% above the national average, so a $104,502 salary here buys what about $101,899 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
$103,130Median pay in Pennsylvania. 172,010 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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
$93,830Median pay in Pennsylvania. 34,420 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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
$106,850Median pay in Pennsylvania. 13,810 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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
$232,560Median pay in Pennsylvania. 8,850 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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 UPenn
Management Science ranks 5th of 25 bachelor's programs at UPenn by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer and Information Science ($146,204), Statistics ($129,732), and Computer Science ($124,678).
Other management science bachelor's programs near Philadelphia
Common questions
The median graduate earns $104,502 one year after graduating. The median across management science bachelor's programs in Pennsylvania is $69,562.
The median federal loan balance is $15,750, which ranks the lowest of 10 management science bachelor's programs in Pennsylvania. That works out to about $167 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 15% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 39%.
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 Pennsylvania 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