Educational Administration at Northern Illinois University

What traits are you looking for in a education admin school? To help you decide if Northern Illinois University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education admin program.

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and approximately 16,769 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 students received their master's degree in education admin.

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

NIU Educational Administration Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NIU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

NIU does offer online education options in education admin for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

NIU Educational Administration Rankings

There were 33 students who received their doctoral degrees in education admin, making the school the #54 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Admin Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Educational Administration Master’s Program

Of the 60 students who graduated with a master’s in education admin from NIU in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in education admin each year. NIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education admin master's degree from NIU, 58% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Educational Assessment
• General Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Student Counseling

Careers That Education Admin Grads May Go Into

A degree in education admin 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
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	12,610	$103,880
Postsecondary Education Administrators	8,330	$99,690
Preschool Education Administrators	2,510	$57,560
Education Administrators	1,720	$80,440

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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.