English at Northern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying english, 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.

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

NIU English Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language
• Master’s Degree in English Language

NIU English Rankings

The english language major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English. 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in english language, making the school the #101 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Language Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical english language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at NIU are white. This is typical 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 english language 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 english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NIU English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of english language master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Of the students who received a english language master's degree from NIU, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Careers That English Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language 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
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
English Language and Literature Professors	3,120	$65,860

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.