General Human Development & Family Studies at Northern Illinois University

Every general human development & family studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the human development and family studies program at Northern Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 General Human Development & Family Studies section at the bottom of this page.

NIU General Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development and Family Studies
• Master’s Degree in Human Development and Family Studies

NIU General Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The human development and family studies major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Human Development & Family Studies. 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.

Human Development and Family Studies Student Demographics at NIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human development and family studies majors at Northern Illinois University.

NIU General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of human development and family studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its human development and family studies 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 human development and family studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NIU General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of human development and family studies master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 8% men graduate in human development and family studies each year. NIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a human development and family studies master's degree from NIU, 63% 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 human development and family studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Human Development and Family Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in human development and family studies 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
Home Economics Professors	50	$86,780

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.