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Engineering Technologies at Northern Illinois University

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

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 Engineering Technologies section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech

NIU Engineering Technologies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering tech progam at NIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering tech major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. 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 Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	70
	71
Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	73
Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	119
Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools	121
	123
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	142
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	249
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	860

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

5% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Of the 82 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering Technologies from NIU in 2020-2021, 95% were men and 5% were women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering tech 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 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering tech 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 engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	42
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

If you plan to be a engineering tech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering Technology	82

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech 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
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	28,600	$41,610
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	27,250	$46,300
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Construction Managers	12,730	$95,020

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.

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