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Engineering at Northern Illinois University

Engineering at Northern Illinois University

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

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 Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
  • Master’s Degree in Engineering

NIU Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Engineering Master’s Program

19% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 81% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 14
International Students 33
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Industrial Engineering 42
Electrical Engineering 19
Mechanical Engineering 15

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers 30,500 $96,610
Mechanical Engineers 17,320 $92,030
Systems Software Developers 17,130 $108,570
Civil Engineers 10,970 $94,570
Industrial Production Managers 10,620 $104,540

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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