Teacher Education Subject Specific is a major offered under the education program of study at Northern Illinois University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in subject specific ed, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at NIU was ranked #310 on College Factual's Best Schools for subject specific ed list. It is also ranked #21 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for NIU.
Part-time undergraduates at NIU paid an average of $348 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $9,466 | $9,466 |
Fees | $4,926 | $4,926 |
Books and Supplies | $1,300 | $1,300 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,880 | $10,880 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,870 | $2,870 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at NIU in Subject Specific Ed walked away with an average of $27,500 in student debt. That is 13% higher than the national average of $24,418.
subject specific ed who receive their bachelor’s degree from NIU make an average of $36,668 a year during the early days of their career. That is 7% higher than the national average of $34,140.
Online degrees for the NIU subject specific ed bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NIU Online Learning page.
About 57.6% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in subject specific ed in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 58.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in subject specific ed at NIU in 2019-2020, 27.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 25%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 24 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Art Education | 10 |
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching | 23 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to teacher education subject specific.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Special Education | 34 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific | 99 |
View All Teacher Education Subject Specific Related Majors >
*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.