Liberal Arts at Northern Illinois University

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying liberal arts, 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.

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

NIU Liberal Arts Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies

NIU Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts. 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 Studies Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

49% Women

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical liberal studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% 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 studies 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 studies.

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

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal studies 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
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