Northern Illinois University

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Northern Illinois University is a higher education institution located in DeKalb County, IL. N/A

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In 2023, the most specialized majors across all degree types at Northern Illinois University, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Education (608 degrees awarded), Human Sciences (97 degrees), and Physical Sciences (76 degrees).

Common Jobs by Major

Elementary & middle school teachers

Most Common Job

The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Northern Illinois University are Elementary & middle school teachers (1,518,508 people), Secondary school teachers (499,480 people), Education administrators (267,527 people), Special education teachers (202,357 people), and Preschool & kindergarten teachers (196,457 people).

The most specialized majors at Northern Illinois University in 2023 are Education (608 degrees awarded), Human Sciences (97 degrees), Physical Sciences (76 degrees), Parks, Recreation, & Leisure (102 degrees), and Legal (90 degrees) (as of 2023).

Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Surgeons

Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Northern Illinois University are Surgeons, Physicians, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, Chief executives & legislators, and Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents

The most specialized majors at Northern Illinois University are Education (608 degrees awarded), Human Sciences (97 degrees), Physical Sciences (76 degrees), Parks, Recreation, & Leisure (102 degrees), and Legal (90 degrees) (as of 2023).

Common Industries by Major

Elementary & secondary schools

Most Common Industry

The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Northern Illinois University are Elementary & secondary schools (2,796,823 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (372,726 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (251,311 people), Computer Systems Design (125,362 people), and Child day care services (116,295 people).

Operations

Northern Illinois University has an endowment valued at nearly $101M, as of the end of the 2023 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 5.81M (5.77%) compared to the N/A% average return (N/A on N/A) across all Doctoral Universities.

In 2023, Northern Illinois University had a total salary expenditure of 473M. N/A N/A

Endowment

$101M

2023 Endowment

7.36%

growth from 2022

This line chart shows how the endowment at Northern Illinois University (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.

The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity Carnegie Classification grouping.