Business Administration & Management at Northwestern College

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

NWC is located in Orange City, Iowa and approximately 1,496 students attend the school each year. Of the 65 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

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at NWC 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 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
	243
	271
	436
	605
	803
	805
	948
	995
	1,174
	1,526

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

Of the 39 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration & Management from NWC in 2020-2021, 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.

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

Business Administration & Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northwestern College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	39

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.