Business Administration & Management at Western Illinois University

If you plan to study business administration & management, take a look at what Western Illinois University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

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.

WIU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

WIU Business Administration & Management Rankings

The business administration major at WIU 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.

Business Administration Student Demographics at WIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Western Illinois University.

WIU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of business administration bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration 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 administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WIU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of business administration master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from WIU, 52% 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 administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	46
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

If you plan to be a business administration major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	74
Supply Chain Management	38

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Hospitality Management
• Construction Management
• Human Resource Management

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,540	$59,170
Management Analysts	39,780	$95,110
Retail Sales Supervisors	38,510	$42,880
Sales Managers	24,800	$131,400

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.