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Management Science at Northern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying management science, 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, 82 of them were management science majors.

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

NIU Management Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science

NIU Management Science Rankings

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

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Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The management science major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Management Science. 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 Management Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools 20
Most Focused Management Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools 38
Most Popular Management Science Schools 45
Best Management Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools 56
Most Focused Management Science Schools 77
Best Management Science Schools 121

Management Science Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Management Science Bachelor’s Program

52% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The management science program at NIU awarded 82 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 52% going to women. The typical management science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

NIU Gender Breakdown of Management Science Bachelor's Degree Grads

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in management science at NIU are white. This is above average 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 management science 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 management science.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of Management Science Majors at Northern Illinois University
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 46
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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

Careers That Management Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in management science 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
Chief Executives 9,650 $230,070
Operations Research Analysts 5,100 $96,630
Business Professors 4,030 $107,910

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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