Health/Medical Prep Programs at Northern Illinois University

65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study health/medical prep programs, 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.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health/Medical Prep Programs section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Health/Medical Prep Programs Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Prep

NIU Health/Medical Prep Programs Rankings

The medical prep major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health/Medical Prep Programs. 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.

Medical Prep Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Program

72% Women

65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of medical prep bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical medical prep bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its medical prep 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 medical prep.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	48
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	49
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Health/Medical Prep Programs

If you plan to be a medical prep major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northern Illinois University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	164

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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