Mental & Social Health Services at Northern Illinois University

Every mental & social health services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the mental health services 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 Mental & Social Health Services section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mental Health Services

NIU Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

The mental health services major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mental & Social Health Services. 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.

Mental Health Services Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of mental health services bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical mental health services bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its mental health services 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 mental health services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Mental & Social Health Services

Mental & Social Health Services 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
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	18

Related Majors

• Other Health Professions
• Allied Health Professions
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Communication Sciences

Careers That Mental Health Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health services 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
Healthcare Social Workers	5,750	$52,830
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,700	$75,180
Psychiatric Technicians	3,920	$44,400
Substance Abuse Social Workers	3,570	$46,540
Counselors	2,040	$37,010

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.