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Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Northern Illinois University

Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general, 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 Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education

NIU Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Rankings

The physical education major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General. 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.

Physical Education Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Bachelor’s Program

40% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of physical education bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physical education 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 physical education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 22
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Physical Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical education 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
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 16,430 $46,670
Coaches and Scouts 10,670 $38,760
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors 580 $61,840

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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