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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Northern Illinois University

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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Northern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying liberal arts / sciences and humanities, 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, 88 of them were liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts / sciences and humanities progam at NIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts / sciences and 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.

Ranking Type Rank
149

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 and humanities majors at Northern Illinois University.

NIU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 88 students earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities from NIU. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical liberal arts / sciences and humanities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts / sciences and 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 and humanities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 50
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

NIU also has a doctoral program available in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

The following liberal arts / sciences and humanities concentations are available at Northern Illinois University. 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

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

A degree in liberal arts / sciences and 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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