Health/Medical Prep Programs at Northern Illinois University
NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769. In 2021, 164 medical prep majors received their bachelor's degree from NIU.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health/Medical Prep Programs section at the bottom of this page.
NIU Health/Medical Prep Programs Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Prep
NIU Health/Medical Prep Programs Rankings
The following rankings from College Factual show how the medical prep 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 medical prep major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health/Medical Prep Programs. 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 |
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Most Popular Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 4 |
Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 6 |
Most Popular Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools | 14 |
Most Focused Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools | 60 |
72 | |
180 |
Earnings of NIU Medical Prep Graduates
The median salary of medical prep students who receive their bachelor's degree at NIU is $27,550. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,902 for all medical prep students.
Medical Prep Student Demographics at NIU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical prep majors at Northern Illinois University.
NIU Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its medical prep 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 medical prep.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 5 |
Black or African American | 30 |
Hispanic or Latino | 42 |
White | 71 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 16 |
NIU also has a doctoral program available in medical prep. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
Concentrations Within Health/Medical Prep Programs
Health/Medical Prep Programs majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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 |
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Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | 164 |
Related Majors
- Other Health Professions
- Allied Health Professions
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
- Mental & Social Health Services
- Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
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.