Engineering at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what Northern Illinois University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and approximately 16,769 students attend the school each year.

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

NIU Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

NIU Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at NIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	99
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NIU Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Northern Illinois University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northern Illinois University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	135
Electrical Engineering	85
Industrial Engineering	70
Biomedical Engineering	8

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Civil Engineers	10,970	$94,570
Industrial Production Managers	10,620	$104,540

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.