Business, Management & Marketing at Western Illinois University

If you are interested in studying business, management and marketing, you may want to check out the program at Western Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,490. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 209 students received a bachelor's degree in business, management and marketing from WIU.

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.

WIU Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WIU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WIU offers distance education options for business, management and marketing at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WIU Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business, management and marketing programs across the country. The following shows how WIU performed in these rankings.

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 business, management and marketing major at WIU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools	139
Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools	342
Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	619
Most Focused Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	958

In 2021, 59 students received their master’s degree in business, management and marketing from WIU. This makes it the #619 most popular school for business, management and marketing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 209 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in business, management and marketing from WIU in 2021, 49% were men and 51% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business, management and marketing at WIU 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	130
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

WIU Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

Of the 59 business, management and marketing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WIU, about 56% were men and 44% were women.

Of the students who received a business, management and marketing master's degree from WIU, 64% 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 Western Illinois University with a master's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	38
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

WIU also has a doctoral program available in business, management and marketing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

If you plan to be a business, management and 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 Western Illinois University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	112
Accounting	66
Finance & Financial Management	24
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	23
Marketing	22
Human Resource Management	15
Construction Management	11
Hospitality Management	7
Business/Managerial Economics	6
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	6

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management and 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 Western 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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.