Registered Nursing at Northern Illinois University
If you plan to study registered nursing, 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.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Registered Nursing section at the bottom of this page.
NIU Registered Nursing Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing
NIU Registered Nursing Rankings
The registered nursing major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered Nursing. 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.
Registered Nursing Student Demographics at NIU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Northern Illinois University.
NIU Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing 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 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its registered nursing 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 registered nursing.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 13 |
Black or African American | 19 |
Hispanic or Latino | 29 |
White | 83 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 8 |
Related Majors
Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into
A degree in registered nursing 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 |
---|---|---|
Registered Nurses | 129,400 | $73,890 |
Nursing Instructors and Professors | 1,810 | $69,310 |
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.