Management Science at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,127.

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.

Northwestern Management Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Management Science

Online Classes Are Available at Northwestern

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Northwestern offers distance education options for management science at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Northwestern Management Science Rankings

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Management Science Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Management Science Master’s Program

Of the 323 students who earned a master's degree in Management Science from Northwestern in 2018-2019, 73% were men and 27% were women.

Of the students who received a management science master's degree from Northwestern, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the management science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	68
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	192
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	38

Related Majors

• Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

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 Northwestern 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.