Health Professions at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study health professions, 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 approximately 16,769 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 students received their master's degree in health professions.

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

NIU Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

NIU Health Professions Rankings

There were 37 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #392 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 health professions majors earned their master's degree from NIU. Of these graduates, 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from NIU, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	63
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northern Illinois University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	31
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	30
Communication Sciences	27
Public Health	16
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	16
Other Health Professions	2

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Registered Nurses	129,400	$73,890
Nursing Assistants	61,140	$28,810
Personal Care Aides	50,970	$24,600
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,540	$59,170
Home Health Aides	33,990	$25,370

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.