Secondary Education at Northeastern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying secondary education, you may want to check out the program at Northeastern Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northeastern Illinois University is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 7,119 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Secondary Education section at the bottom of this page.

Northeastern Illinois University Secondary Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Northeastern Illinois University Secondary Education Rankings

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Northeastern Illinois University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at Northeastern Illinois University.

Northeastern Illinois University Secondary Education Master’s Program

35% Women

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of secondary teaching master's degrees went to men and 35% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. Northeastern Illinois University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 26% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Northeastern Illinois University, 52% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northeastern Illinois University with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in secondary teaching 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 Northeastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370

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
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