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Health Professions at Northern Illinois University

53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying health professions, 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 Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Health Professions Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at NIU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

NIU Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. 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 37 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #392 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

78% Women

53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	73
Hispanic or Latino	85
White	186
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

NIU Health Professions Master’s Program

88% Women

37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from NIU, 56% 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	65
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	216
Health/Medical Prep Programs	164
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	65
Public Health	62
Communication Sciences	60
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	30
Mental & Social Health Services	18
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	18
Allied Health Professions	11
Other Health Professions	2

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Registered Nurses	129,400	$73,890
Nursing Assistants	61,140	$28,810
Personal Care Aides	50,970	$24,600
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,540	$59,170
Home Health Aides	33,990	$25,370

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
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