Elementary Education at Northern Illinois University

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying elementary education, you may want to check out the program at Northern Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Elementary Education section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Elementary Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

NIU Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Elementary Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

94% Women

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at NIU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its elementary teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Illinois University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	63
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That Elementary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary teaching 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
Elementary School Teachers	65,630	$62,140

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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