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Finance & Financial Management at Northern Illinois University

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Finance & Financial Management at Northern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying finance and financial management, you may want to check out the program at Northern Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received their master's degree in finance.

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

NIU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Finance

NIU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

Finance Student Demographics at NIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at Northern Illinois University.

NIU Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

27% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 15 students who earned a master's degree in Finance & Financial Management from NIU in 2020-2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

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In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 1% 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 finance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 4
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
General and Operations Managers 122,790 $125,990
Financial Managers 40,040 $144,680
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 21,980 $91,640
Tellers 18,530 $29,860
Financial Analysts 14,810 $88,760

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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