by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Business Administration and Management. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Business Administration & Management is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at Northern Illinois University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in business administration, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at NIU paid an average of $492 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,858 | $8,858 |
| Fees | $2,228 | $2,228 |
The median early career salary of business administration students who receive their master’s degree from NIU is $93,555 per year. That is 42% higher than the national average of $65,781.
NIU does not offer an online option for its business administration master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NIU Online Learning page.
About 36.3% of the students who received their MBA in business administration in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 48.5%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 37.0% of the business administration master’s degrees at NIU in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 18 |
| Black or African American | 10 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 72 |
| International Students | 19 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Business Administration & Management students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Business Administration and Management | 146 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to business administration and management.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Accounting | 97 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 1 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 8 |
| Marketing | 20 |
| Taxation | 14 |
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*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.
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