Business, Management & Marketing at Northern Illinois University

What traits are you looking for in a business, management and marketing school? To help you decide if Northern Illinois University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's business, management and marketing program.

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and approximately 16,769 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 324 students received their master's degree in business, management and marketing.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business, Management & Marketing section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing

Online Classes Are Available at NIU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NIU offers distance education options for business, management and marketing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

NIU Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at NIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business, management and marketing majors at Northern Illinois University.

NIU Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

Of the 324 business, management and marketing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NIU, about 63% were men and 37% were women.

Of the students who received a business, management and marketing master's degree from NIU, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the business, management and marketing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Illinois University with a master's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	194
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

If you plan to be a business, management and marketing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northern Illinois University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	143
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	108
Marketing	29
Accounting	18
Finance & Financial Management	15
Taxation	11

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management and marketing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Office Clerks	165,970	$37,220
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Customer Service Representatives	120,270	$37,840
Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives	70,300	$68,510
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	67,780	$37,930

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Andy McMurray under License

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