Human Services at Northern Illinois University

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

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 Human Services section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Human Services Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services

NIU Human Services Rankings

Human Services Student Demographics at NIU

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

Concentrations Within Human Services

The following human services concentations are available at Northern Illinois University. 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

Public Administration

Careers That Human Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in human 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
Social and Human Service Assistants	13,080	$32,910
Social and Community Service Managers	4,380	$66,150
Community and Social Service Specialists	2,990	$38,900

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
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