Education at National Louis University

If you are interested in studying education, you may want to check out the program at National Louis University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NLU is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 7,402 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 789 students received their master's degree in education.

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

NLU Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at NLU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NLU offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

NLU Education Rankings

There were 77 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #24 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at NLU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at National Louis University.

NLU Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 789 education majors earned their master's degree from NLU. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from National Louis University with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	117
Hispanic or Latino	177
White	345
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	117

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from National Louis University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	406
Curriculum & Instruction	222
Educational Administration	199
Special Education	116
Teacher Education Subject Specific	28
Educational Assessment	4
Student Counseling	4

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Psychology

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 National Louis University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Elementary School Teachers	65,630	$62,140
Teacher Assistants	60,630	$27,710
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Preschool Teachers	24,120	$31,500
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860

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 TonyTheTiger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.