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Allied Health Professions at Northern Illinois University

Allied Health Professions at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study allied health professions, 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 Allied Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

NIU Allied Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks allied health 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 allied health major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied Health Professions. 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 Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools 58
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Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 215
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 228
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 344
Best Allied Health Professions Trade Schools 498
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools 601
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Most Popular Allied Health Professions Trade Schools 1,076
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Trade Schools 1,354

Allied Health Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 11 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Allied Health Professions from NIU in 2020-2021, 27% were men and 73% were women.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in allied health 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 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its allied health 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 allied health.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

Concentrations Within Allied Health Professions

If you plan to be a allied health 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
Athletic Training 11

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health 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
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics 10,790 $41,940
Health Specialties Professors 10,070 $105,140
Health Technologists and Technicians 5,990 $47,590
Respiratory Therapists 4,150 $60,500
Surgical Technologists 3,270 $49,730

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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