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Mental & Social Health Services at Northern Illinois University

Mental & Social Health Services at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study mental & social health services, 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.

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

NIU Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mental Health Services

NIU Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

Mental Health Services Student Demographics at NIU

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

Concentrations Within Mental & Social Health Services

If you plan to be a mental health services major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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

Careers That Mental Health Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health 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
Healthcare Social Workers 5,750 $52,830
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 4,700 $75,180
Psychiatric Technicians 3,920 $44,400
Substance Abuse Social Workers 3,570 $46,540
Counselors 2,040 $37,010

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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