Curriculum & Instruction at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study curriculum & instruction, 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 Curriculum & Instruction section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Curriculum & Instruction Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Curriculum & Instruction

NIU Curriculum & Instruction Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in curriculum & instruction, making the school the #64 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Curriculum & Instruction Student Demographics at NIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the curriculum & instruction majors at Northern Illinois University.

NIU Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of curriculum & instruction master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in curriculum & instruction each year. NIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

Of the students who received a curriculum & instruction master's degree from NIU, 78% 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 curriculum & instruction.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Curriculum & Instruction Grads May Go Into

A degree in curriculum & instruction 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
Instructional Coordinators	4,830	$67,540

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.