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Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at Northern Illinois University

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Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at Northern Illinois University

Every junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching program at Northern Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769. Of the 227 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University in 2021, 18 of them were junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching

NIU Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching programs across the country. The following shows how NIU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching. 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Value Middle School Education & Teaching Schools 21
33
Most Popular Middle School Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools 34
Most Popular Middle School Education & Teaching Schools 53

Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Student Demographics at NIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching majors at Northern Illinois University.

NIU Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching program at NIU awarded 18 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women. The typical junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching at NIU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its junior high/intermediate/middle school education and 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 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

NIU also has a doctoral program available in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and 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
High School Teachers 43,720 $72,370
Middle School Teachers 22,320 $63,860

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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