Below is a list of academic programs offered at Northwestern University sorted by popularity.
Business
Total number of students graduated under this category 1,498Business Administration and Management
Masters
465 students
Management Science
Masters
(online)
455 students
Post-master Certificate
(online)
5 students
Marketing/Marketing Management
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
246 students
Business/Commerce
Masters
114 students
Finance
Undergraduate Certificate
32 students
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
34 students
Business/Managerial Economics
Undergraduate Certificate
41 students
Doctorate
5 students
Masters
3 students
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Masters
48 students
Organizational Behavior Studies
Bachelors
23 students
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
6 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
10 students
Operations Management and Supervision
No graduate
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
No graduate
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
No graduate
Transportation/Mobility Management
No graduate
Business Administration, Management and Operations
No graduate
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
No graduate
Accounting and Related Services
No graduate
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
No graduate
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
No graduate
Labor and Industrial Relations
No graduate
International Business/Trade/Commerce
No graduate
Management Information Systems
No graduate
Real Estate
No graduate
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
No graduate
Communication and Journalism
Total number of students graduated under this category 823Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
Bachelors
187 students
Doctorate
(online)
11 students
Masters
(online)
284 students
Post-master Certificate
(online)
4 students
Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Bachelors
111 students
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
92 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
1 students
Radio and Television
Bachelors
76 students
Health Communication
Masters
52 students
Sports Communication
Post-master Certificate
2 students
Communication and Media Studies
No graduate
Journalism
No graduate
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
No graduate
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
No graduate
Engineering
Total number of students graduated under this category 813Mechanical Engineering
Bachelors
65 students
Doctorate
21 students
Masters
56 students
Engineering
Masters
93 students
Industrial Engineering
Bachelors
72 students
Doctorate
9 students
Masters
10 students
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
Bachelors
46 students
Doctorate
16 students
Masters
27 students
Materials Engineering
Bachelors
17 students
Doctorate
34 students
Masters
31 students
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Bachelors
15 students
Doctorate
6 students
Masters
55 students
Civil Engineering
Bachelors
16 students
Doctorate
10 students
Masters
46 students
Computer Engineering
Bachelors
16 students
Doctorate
6 students
Masters
43 students
Chemical Engineering
Bachelors
29 students
Doctorate
6 students
Masters
13 students
Manufacturing Engineering
Bachelors
25 students
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Bachelors
12 students
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
Doctorate
6 students
Masters
1 students
Engineering
Bachelors
6 students
Engineering Mechanics
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
3 students
Engineering Science
No graduate
Health Professions
Total number of students graduated under this category 709Medicine
Doctorate
158 students
Physical Therapy/Therapist
Doctorate
90 students
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
Doctorate
20 students
Masters
43 students
International Public Health/International Health
Bachelors
61 students
Orthotist/Prosthetist
Masters
48 students
Public Health
Masters
46 students
Physician Assistant
Undergraduate Certificate
1 students
Masters
35 students
Medical Science/Scientist
Masters
32 students
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
Masters
27 students
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
Doctorate
23 students
Masters
3 students
Medical Informatics
Masters
(online)
25 students
Health and Wellness
Masters
(online)
22 students
Post-master Certificate
(online)
1 students
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Bachelors
14 students
Doctorate
5 students
Masters
1 students
Genetic Counseling/Counselor
Masters
18 students
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Masters
14 students
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
Masters
9 students
Bioethics/Medical Ethics
Masters
6 students
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator
Masters
(online)
2 students
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
Undergraduate Certificate
2 students
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
Undergraduate Certificate
1 students
Doctorate
1 students
Physical Therapy Assistant
Undergraduate Certificate
1 students
Audiology/Audiologist
No graduate
Dental Clinical Sciences
No graduate
Health/Health Care Administration/Management
No graduate
Clinical Research Coordinator
No graduate
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
No graduate
Legal Profession
Total number of students graduated under this category 504Law
Doctorate
296 students
Legal Professions and Studies
Masters
(online)
82 students
Tax Law/Taxation
Masters
44 students
Post-master Certificate
11 students
Programs for Foreign Lawyers
Masters
50 students
Legal Studies
Bachelors
16 students
Masters
4 students
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
Masters
1 students
Advanced Legal Research/Studies
No graduate
Psychology
Total number of students graduated under this category 358Counseling Psychology
Masters
253 students
Psychology
Bachelors
35 students
Doctorate
8 students
Masters
12 students
Psychology
Bachelors
29 students
Clinical Psychology
Masters
14 students
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
Bachelors
7 students
Community Psychology
No graduate
Visual & Performing Arts
Total number of students graduated under this category 337Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
Bachelors
98 students
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
4 students
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
Masters
52 students
Music Performance
Bachelors
1 students
Doctorate
5 students
Masters
29 students
Stringed Instruments
Bachelors
12 students
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
13 students
Voice and Opera
Bachelors
15 students
Masters
4 students
Music
Bachelors
9 students
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
4 students
Playwriting and Screenwriting
Masters
11 students
Keyboard Instruments
Bachelors
4 students
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
3 students
Documentary Production
Masters
9 students
Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Bachelors
5 students
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
2 students
Directing and Theatrical Production
Masters
7 students
Art/Art Studies
Bachelors
2 students
Masters
5 students
Conducting
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
4 students
Design and Visual Communications
Masters
6 students
Music Theory and Composition
Bachelors
5 students
Masters
1 students
Film/Cinema/Media Studies
Doctorate
5 students
Dance
Bachelors
2 students
Jazz/Jazz Studies
Bachelors
2 students
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Bachelors
1 students
Visual and Performing Arts
No graduate
Theatre Literature, History and Criticism
No graduate
Musical Theatre
No graduate
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
No graduate
Music
No graduate
Computer and Information Science
Total number of students graduated under this category 305Computer Science
Bachelors
107 students
Doctorate
14 students
Masters
106 students
Information Science/Studies
Bachelors
11 students
Masters
40 students
Post-master Certificate
2 students
Artificial Intelligence
Masters
22 students
Computer and Information Sciences
Bachelors
3 students
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
No graduate
Social Sciences
Total number of students graduated under this category 298Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
Bachelors
100 students
Doctorate
19 students
Masters
32 students
Political Science and Government
Bachelors
42 students
Doctorate
11 students
Masters
12 students
International Relations and Affairs
Bachelors
42 students
Sociology
Bachelors
6 students
Doctorate
9 students
Masters
2 students
Anthropology
Bachelors
1 students
Doctorate
7 students
Masters
1 students
Geography
Bachelors
8 students
Social Sciences
Bachelors
4 students
Economics
Bachelors
2 students
Anthropology
No graduate
Urban Studies/Affairs
No graduate
Social Sciences
No graduate
Public Administration and Social Service
Total number of students graduated under this category 229Community Organization and Advocacy
Bachelors
68 students
Masters
31 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
10 students
Public Administration
Masters
69 students
Post-master Certificate
6 students
Public Policy Analysis
Bachelors
45 students
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Total number of students graduated under this category 155Biotechnology
Masters
34 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
1 students
Neuroscience
Bachelors
14 students
Doctorate
17 students
Masters
3 students
Biology/Biological Sciences
Bachelors
11 students
Doctorate
14 students
Masters
1 students
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
Doctorate
23 students
Botany/Plant Biology
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
11 students
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Undergraduate Certificate
9 students
Neurobiology and Anatomy
Masters
7 students
Biostatistics
Masters
4 students
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
Masters
4 students
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
No graduate
Developmental Biology and Embryology
No graduate
Bioinformatics
No graduate
Ecology
No graduate
Mathematics and Statistics
Total number of students graduated under this category 146Mathematics
Bachelors
24 students
Doctorate
12 students
Masters
4 students
Applied Mathematics
Bachelors
8 students
Doctorate
7 students
Masters
22 students
Statistics
Bachelors
18 students
Doctorate
5 students
Masters
13 students
Computational and Applied Mathematics
Bachelors
33 students
Engineering Technologies
Total number of students graduated under this category 119Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians
Masters
44 students
Engineering/Industrial Management
Masters
(online)
32 students
Mechanical/Mechanical Engineering Technology/Technician
Masters
23 students
Robotics Technology/Technician
Masters
19 students
Engineering Design
Post-bachelorette Certificate
1 students
Liberal Arts
Total number of students graduated under this category 119Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Undergraduate Certificate
11 students
Bachelors
3 students
Masters
1 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
102 students
Post-master Certificate
1 students
Humanities/Humanistic Studies
Bachelors
1 students
General Studies
No graduate
Physical Science
Total number of students graduated under this category 116Chemistry
Bachelors
2 students
Doctorate
43 students
Masters
4 students
Physics
Bachelors
7 students
Doctorate
6 students
Masters
23 students
Geology/Earth Science
Bachelors
5 students
Doctorate
5 students
Masters
5 students
Astronomy
Masters
8 students
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Doctorate
5 students
Masters
1 students
Materials Science
Bachelors
2 students
Education
Total number of students graduated under this category 89Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Masters
(online)
31 students
Post-master Certificate
(online)
1 students
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
Masters
28 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
3 students
Learning Sciences
Bachelors
8 students
Secondary Education and Teaching
Bachelors
6 students
Music Teacher Education
Bachelors
5 students
Masters
1 students
Education
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
3 students
Education
Masters
1 students
Educational Leadership and Administration
No graduate
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities
No graduate
Multidisciplinary Studies
Total number of students graduated under this category 79Systems Science and Theory
Doctorate
7 students
Masters
7 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
9 students
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
Post-bachelorette Certificate
21 students
Science, Technology and Society
Bachelors
11 students
Behavioral Sciences
Doctorate
9 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
2 students
International/Globalization Studies
Post-bachelorette Certificate
6 students
Cognitive Science
Post-bachelorette Certificate
4 students
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Post-bachelorette Certificate
2 students
Biological and Physical Sciences
Bachelors
1 students
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
No graduate
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
No graduate
Sustainability Studies
No graduate
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
No graduate
English Language and Literature
Total number of students graduated under this category 66English Language and Literature
Bachelors
20 students
Doctorate
6 students
Masters
23 students
Creative Writing
Bachelors
3 students
Masters
14 students
Writing
No graduate
Kinesiology & Leisure Studies
Total number of students graduated under this category 62Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
Masters
62 students
Ethnic Studies
Total number of students graduated under this category 41African-American/Black Studies
Bachelors
2 students
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
4 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
3 students
Women's Studies
Post-bachelorette Certificate
10 students
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
Bachelors
4 students
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
Bachelors
4 students
African Studies
Bachelors
1 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
2 students
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Bachelors
3 students
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Post-bachelorette Certificate
2 students
Asian-American Studies
Bachelors
2 students
Asian Studies/Civilization
Post-bachelorette Certificate
1 students
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Bachelors
1 students
European Studies/Civilization
No graduate
Area Studies
No graduate
History
Total number of students graduated under this category 38History
Bachelors
23 students
Doctorate
10 students
Masters
5 students
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Total number of students graduated under this category 37Comparative Literature
Bachelors
3 students
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
2 students
Linguistics
Bachelors
4 students
Doctorate
3 students
German Language and Literature
Bachelors
1 students
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
2 students
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Bachelors
1 students
Doctorate
2 students
French Language and Literature
Bachelors
2 students
Masters
1 students
Spanish Language and Literature
Bachelors
3 students
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
1 students
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Bachelors
3 students
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Bachelors
2 students
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
No graduate
Italian Language and Literature
No graduate
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
No graduate
Natural Resources and Conservation
Total number of students graduated under this category 33Environmental Studies
Masters
26 students
Environmental Science
Bachelors
7 students
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Total number of students graduated under this category 19Philosophy
Bachelors
8 students
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
2 students
Religion/Religious Studies
Bachelors
4 students
Doctorate
1 students
Jewish/Judaic Studies
No graduate
Science Technologies
Total number of students graduated under this category 13Science Technologies/Technicians
Masters
10 students
Post-master Certificate
3 students
Family and Consumer Sciences
Total number of students graduated under this category 7Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
5 students
Architecture
Total number of students graduated under this category 0Architecture and Related Services
No graduate
Theology
Total number of students graduated under this category 0Religious/Sacred Music
No graduate