Finance at Northern Illinois University

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

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and approximately 17,169 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 78 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from NIU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

NIU Finance Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how NIU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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 Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	163
Most Popular Finance Schools	180
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	225
Best Finance Schools	242
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	398
Most Focused Finance Schools	431

Finance Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 78 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from NIU, about 81% were men and 19% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance 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 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its finance 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 finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	47
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NIU also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Financial Managers	40,040	$144,680
Financial Analysts	14,810	$88,760
Loan Officers	12,330	$81,620
Chief Executives	9,650	$230,070

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.