Business, Management & Marketing at Northwestern University

Every business, management and marketing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the business, management and marketing program at Northwestern University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2,659 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.

Northwestern Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Doctorate Degree in Business, Management & Marketing

Online Classes Are Available at Northwestern

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? Northwestern offers distance education options for business, management and marketing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Northwestern Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in business, management and marketing, making the school the #48 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

The business, management and marketing program at Northwestern awarded 2,659 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 66% of these degrees went to men with the other 34% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	396
Black or African American	67
Hispanic or Latino	142
White	1,132
International Students	704
Other Races/Ethnicities	218

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

The following business, management and marketing concentations are available at Northwestern University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northwestern University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	1,790
Business Administration & Management	465
Marketing	251
General Business/Commerce	114
Finance & Financial Management	42
Human Resource Management	20
Business/Managerial Economics	8

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 Northwestern 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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

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