by our College Data Analytics TeamGeneral Business/Commerce is a concentration offered under the general business/commerce major at Northwestern University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in general business, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Northwestern was $6,649 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $56,067 | $56,067 |
| Fees | $500 | $500 |
Northwestern does not offer an online option for its general business master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northwestern Online Learning page.
Women made up around 36.0% of the general business students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 42.0%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in general business at Northwestern in 2019-2020, 25.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 142 |
| Black or African American | 41 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 60 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 491 |
| International Students | 282 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 32 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.