Health Professions at Northern Illinois University

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. Of the 3,080 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University in 2021, 524 of them were health professions majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

NIU Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health professions 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	507
Best Value Health Professions Schools	848

In 2021, 85 students received their master’s degree in health professions from NIU. This makes it the #410 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 524 health professions students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NIU, about 19% were men and 81% were 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 2% more men than average.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions 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 7% 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	42
Black or African American	71
Hispanic or Latino	111
White	265
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

NIU Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 students graduated with a master's degree in health professions from NIU. About 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from NIU, 74% 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	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	63
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NIU also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 37 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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
• Image Credit: By Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.