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Operations Management at Northern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying operations 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 approximately 17,169 students attend the school each year. Of the 704 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University in 2019, 102 of them were operations management majors.

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

NIU Operations Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Maintenance Management

NIU Operations Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the maintenance management progam at NIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The maintenance management major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Operations Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Operations Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools 11
Most Popular Operations Management Schools 14
Most Focused Operations Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools 20
Most Focused Operations Management Schools 36
Best Operations Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools 41
Best Operations Management Schools 47

Maintenance Management Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Operations Management Bachelor’s Program

19% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The maintenance management program at NIU awarded 102 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 81% of these degrees went to men with the other 19% going to women.

NIU Gender Breakdown of Operations Management Bachelor's Degree Grads

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in maintenance management at NIU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its maintenance management bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of Operations Management Majors at Northern Illinois University
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 55
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

NIU also has a doctoral program available in maintenance management. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Maintenance Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in maintenance management 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
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors 24,520 $62,380
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,770 $143,900
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors 14,520 $69,300
Construction Managers 12,730 $95,020
Industrial Production Managers 10,620 $104,540

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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