Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Northwestern University

What traits are you looking for in a management science school? To help you decide if Northwestern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's management science program.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Management Science

Online Classes Are Available at Northwestern

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Northwestern does offer online education options in management science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Northwestern Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 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.

Management Science Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Program

Of the 1,785 students who graduated with a master’s in management science from Northwestern in 2021, 66% were men and 34% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	281
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	90
White	867
International Students	441
Other Races/Ethnicities	69

Concentrations Within Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

If you plan to be a management science 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 Northwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Management Science	1,737
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	48

Related Majors

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

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 Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Chief Executives	9,650	$230,070
Insurance Underwriters	5,780	$75,690
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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.