Management Science at Northern Illinois University

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

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 Management Science section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Management Science Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NIU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, NIU does offer online courses in management science for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

NIU Management Science 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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of management science bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical management science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	35
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NIU Management Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of management science master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

Of the students who received a management science master's degree from NIU, 63% 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 33% of degree recipients. That is 5% 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	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	40
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.