Health/Medical Prep Programs at Northern Illinois University

Every health/medical prep programs school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical prep program at Northern Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

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
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

Of the 164 medical prep students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NIU, about 24% were men and 76% were women. The typical medical prep bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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
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
Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	164

Related Majors

• Other Health Professions
• Allied Health Professions
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• 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.