Art Education at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study art education, 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 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, 13 of them were art education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Art Education section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Art Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education
• Master’s Degree in Art Education

NIU Art Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks art education programs across the country. The following shows how NIU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The art education major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Art 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Art Education Master’s Degree Schools	6
Best Value Art Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Best Value Art Education Schools	23
Best Art Education Master’s Degree Schools	29
	40
Most Focused Art Education Master’s Degree Schools	49
	51
Best Art Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Focused Art Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in art education from NIU. This makes it the #34 most popular school for art education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in art education, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Art Education Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Art Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Art Education from NIU in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in art education 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 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its art education 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 art education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NIU Art Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a master's degree in art education from NIU. About 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a art education master's degree from NIU, 86% 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 art education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NIU also has a doctoral program available in art education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biology Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching

Careers That Art Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in art education 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
Education Professors	4,510	$62,280
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360

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.