Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Northern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying management sciences and quantitative methods, 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. In 2021, 78 management science majors received their bachelor's degree from NIU.

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

NIU Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science
• Master’s Degree in Management Science

NIU Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

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 Sciences & Quantitative Methods. 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 Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools	68
	163

In 2021, 108 students received their master’s degree in management science from NIU. This makes it the #69 most popular school for management science master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Management Science Graduates from NIU Make?

The median salary of management science students who receive their bachelor's degree at NIU is $45,481. This is less than $53,059, which is the national average of all management science majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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 Sciences & Quantitative Methods Bachelor’s Program

The management science program at NIU awarded 78 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 45% of these degrees went to men with the other 55% going to women. The typical management science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	35
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NIU Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Program

The management science program at NIU awarded 108 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 66% of these degrees went to men with the other 34% going to women.

Of the students who received a management science master's degree from NIU, 62% 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 34% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	67
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NIU also has a doctoral program available in management science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

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
Insurance Underwriters	5,780	$75,690
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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.