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General Human Services at Northern Illinois University

General Human Services at Northern Illinois University

Every general human services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general human services program at Northern Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and approximately 16,769 students attend the school each year.

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

NIU General Human Services Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Human Services

NIU General Human Services Rankings

The general human services major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Human 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.

General Human Services Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU General Human Services Bachelor’s Program

69% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of general human services bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical general human services bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general human services 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 general human services.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That General Human Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in general human 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
Social and Human Service Assistants 13,080 $32,910
Social and Community Service Managers 4,380 $66,150
Community and Social Service Specialists 2,990 $38,900

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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