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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. Of the 185 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University in 2021, 185 of them were registered nursing majors.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the registered nursing progam at NIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 193
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 226
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools 360
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 512
590
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 688
Best Registered Nursing Schools 732
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools 803
1,247
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 1,444

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

84% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 185 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in registered nursing from NIU. About 16% were men and 84% were women. The typical registered nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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About 61% 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 1% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 19
Black or African American 18
Hispanic or Latino 29
White 112
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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