Medical Illustration & Informatics at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received their master's degree in medical illustration.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Medical Illustration & Informatics section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Medical Illustration & Informatics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Illustration

Online Classes Are Available at Northwestern

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Northwestern does offer online courses in medical illustration for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Northwestern Medical Illustration & Informatics Rankings

Medical Illustration Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical illustration majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Medical Illustration & Informatics Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students graduated with a master's degree in medical illustration from Northwestern. About 32% were men and 68% were women.

Of the students who received a medical illustration master's degree from Northwestern, 52% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the medical illustration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Other Health Professions
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Health Sciences & Services
• Medical Science

Careers That Medical Illustration Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical illustration 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 Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer and Information Research Scientists	500	$113,350
Fine Artists	260	$46,870

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.