Journalism at Northern Illinois University

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

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769. In 2021, 17 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from NIU.

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

NIU Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

NIU Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at NIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	140
Most Popular Journalism Schools	171

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from NIU Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at NIU is $30,216. This is less than $31,781, which is the national average of all journalism majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Journalism Student Demographics at NIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Northern Illinois University.

NIU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NIU, about 35% were men and 65% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at NIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Illinois University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NIU also has a doctoral program available in journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism 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 Northern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Photographers	2,600	$36,290
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Reporters and Correspondents	1,260	$53,610

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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.