Business Administration & Management at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603.

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.

Northwestern Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Northwestern Business Administration & Management Rankings

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Business Administration Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 465 students earned a master's degree in business administration from Northwestern. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	59
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	110
International Students	115
Other Races/Ethnicities	130

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northwestern University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	465

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing

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 Northwestern 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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.