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Reading Teacher Education at Northern Illinois University

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Reading Teacher Education at Northern Illinois University

What traits are you looking for in a reading teacher education school? To help you decide if Northern Illinois University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's reading teacher education program.

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 Reading Teacher Education section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Reading Teacher Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Reading Teacher Education

NIU Reading Teacher Education Rankings

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Reading Teacher Education Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Reading Teacher Education Master’s Program

98% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 2% of reading teacher education master's degrees went to men and 98% went to women.

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Of the students who received a reading teacher education master's degree from NIU, 77% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the reading teacher education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Illinois University with a master's in reading teacher education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 37
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Reading Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in reading teacher 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

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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