Which Pennsylvania management science program has the lowest debt?

UPenn reports the lowest median federal debt, $15,750, with first-year pay of $104,502.

How much do management science graduates earn in Pennsylvania?

The median across 10 Pennsylvania management science bachelor's programs is $69,562 in the first year after graduating and $84,731 five years after.

How many management science bachelor's programs are in Pennsylvania?

10 Pennsylvania programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

Management Science (Bachelor's) Programs in Pennsylvania, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

10 programs report first-year pay
10 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Pennsylvania management science bachelor's program pays its graduates $69,562 in their first year, $8,265 more than the national median. UPenn reports the highest first-year pay ($104,502), and UPenn the lowest median debt ($15,750).

Median first-year pay$69,562National $61,297

Median pay after 5 years$84,731National $81,243

Median federal debt$26,119National $23,500

Debt-to-earnings38%National 39%

All 10 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	UPennPhiladelphia · private nonprofit	$104,502	Not reported	$15,750	15%
2	Villanova UniversityVillanova · private nonprofit	$76,606	Not reported	$27,000	35%
3	Temple UniversityPhiladelphia · public	$74,778	$103,049	$26,000	35%
4	Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia · private nonprofit	$74,357	$96,560	$28,750	39%
5	Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville · private nonprofit	$73,497	Not reported	$27,000	37%
6	Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia · private nonprofit	$65,627	$99,550	$26,237	40%
7	Penn StateUniversity Park · public	$58,140	$70,075	$26,000	45%
8	La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia · private nonprofit	$57,783	Not reported	$21,000	36%
9	Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh · private nonprofit	$41,787	$72,901	$26,625	64%
10	La Roche UniversityPittsburgh · private nonprofit	$37,911	$59,985	$25,497	67%

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 the 10 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

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

$103,130

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $49,990Top 10%: $220,530

Management Analysts

$93,830

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $51,250Top 10%: $161,770

Data Scientists

$106,850

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $63,340Top 10%: $162,290

Chief Executives

$232,560

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $118,810Top 10%: $528,200

Common questions

UPenn in Philadelphia reports the highest median first-year pay, $104,502. Its median federal debt is $15,750.

Management Science (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked113 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
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 rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the management science bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024