Business Administration & Management at Northern Illinois University

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

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769. Of the 611 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University in 2021, 174 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.

NIU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

NIU Business Administration & Management Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at NIU 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
	47
	118
	248
	265
	295
	668
	1,347

In 2021, 143 students received their master’s degree in business administration from NIU. This makes it the #205 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NIU Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at NIU is $48,290. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 174 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration & Management from NIU in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at NIU 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 Northern Illinois University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	103
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NIU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of business administration master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from NIU, 57% 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 Northern Illinois University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	82
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

The following business administration concentations are available at Northern Illinois University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	217
Operations Management	100

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Accounting
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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 Northern 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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.