Business Administration & Management at Northwestern College

Every business administration and management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the business administration program at Northwestern College stacks up to those at other schools.

NWC is located in Orange City, Iowa and approximately 1,496 students attend the school each year. Of the 283 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern College in 2021, 39 of them were business administration and management majors.

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

NWC Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

NWC Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how NWC performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at NWC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. 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
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	243
Best Business Administration & Management Schools	271
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	605
	803
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	805
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Schools	948

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from NWC Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at NWC is $38,185. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at NWC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Northwestern College.

NWC Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 business administration majors earned their bachelor's degree from NWC. Of these graduates, 77% were men and 23% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at NWC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern College with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	33
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NWC also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Accounting

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Northwestern College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Retail Sales Supervisors	12,810	$40,090
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	11,970	$56,970
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	10,180	$58,680
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	5,530	$65,650

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 Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.