Business, Management & Marketing at Northern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying business, management & marketing, 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 16,769 students attend the school each year.

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.

NIU Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NIU

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

NIU Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

The business, management & marketing major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business, Management & Marketing. 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.

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of business, management & marketing bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing 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 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business, management & marketing 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 business, management & marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	41
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	133
White	242
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

NIU Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of business, management & marketing master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women.

Of the students who received a business, management & marketing master's degree from NIU, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	49
White	176
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

If you plan to be a business, management & marketing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northern Illinois University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	317
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	186
Accounting	156
Marketing	154
Finance & Financial Management	92
Taxation	11

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management & 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 Northern Illinois 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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.