Textile & Apparel Studies at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study textile and apparel studies, 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. In 2021, 15 textile studies majors received their bachelor's degree from NIU.

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

NIU Textile & Apparel Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Textile Studies

NIU Textile & Apparel Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks textile studies programs across the country. The following shows how NIU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The textile studies major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Textile & Apparel 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46

How Much Do Textile Studies Graduates from NIU Make?

The median salary of textile studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at NIU is $39,025. This is 8% higher than $36,287, which is the national average for all textile studies bachelor's degree recipients.

Textile Studies Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a bachelor's degree in textile studies from NIU. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men. The typical textile studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its textile 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 textile studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Human Development & Family Studies

Careers That Textile Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in textile 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
Marketing Managers	20,760	$130,110
Interior Designers	2,250	$52,150
Farm and Home Management Advisors	190	$37,960

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.