Master's · College Park, Maryland

Is Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods at University of Maryland-College Park worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$95,265
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
Not enough graduates to report
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$58,200
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$62k (likely $62k – $62k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$32k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MD
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
3.5 years (likely 2.6–5.1)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$78k (likely −$35k – $185k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$427k (likely $183k – $673k)
Today's dollars

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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.