Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study liberal arts / sciences & humanities, 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 has a total student population of 16,769.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

NIU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Rankings

The liberal arts / sciences & humanities major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities. 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.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Student Demographics at NIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts / sciences & humanities majors at Northern Illinois University.

NIU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of liberal arts / sciences & humanities bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical liberal arts / sciences & humanities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities at NIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Illinois University with a bachelor's in liberal arts / sciences & humanities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	58
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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
Liberal Arts General Studies	88

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History
• English Language & Literature
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

Careers That Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities 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
Professors	3,040	$66,970

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.