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Engineering Technology at Northern Illinois University

Engineering Technology at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study engineering technology, 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 has a total student population of 16,769.

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

NIU Engineering Technology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Technology

Online Classes Are Available at NIU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, NIU does offer online courses in engineering technology for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

NIU Engineering Technology Rankings

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

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

NIU Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Program

14% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 86% of engineering technology bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

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About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering technology 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 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering technology 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 technology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 34
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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