Management Science at Northern Illinois University

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

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 78 students received a bachelor's degree in management science from NIU.

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

NIU Management Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks management science programs across the country. The following shows how NIU performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	6
	14
	23
	31
	42
	70
	74
	86
	93
	100
	148
	164

In 2021, 28 students received their master’s degree in management science from NIU. This makes it the #86 most popular school for management science master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 78 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Management Science from NIU in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical management science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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	13
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	35
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NIU Management Science Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students earned a master's degree in management science from NIU. About 32% of these graduates were women and the other 68% were men.

Of the students who received a management science master's degree from NIU, 54% 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 46% of degree recipients. That is 21% 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	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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.