Career Outcomes

Earning your bachelor’s degree at NIU puts you in a position to succeed. While starting salaries depend on variables like your employer and your field of study, the average salary for NIU alumni entering the workforce after earning their bachelor’s degrees in 2022-23 was more than $60,000.

According to Forbes.com, the median annual earnings of 25-to-34-year-old workers with a bachelor’s degree is $59,913 while the average salary for NIU graduates ages 25 to 35 is $71,834.

What the Data Says About NIU Graduates

According to Steppingblocks records for more than 168,000 NIU alumni, their most frequent job titles are owner and president, followed by teacher, project manager, account manager and registered nurse.

Our alumni hold many types of job positions in a wide variety of industries. Some of the top industries of our alumni are education, health care, information technology, finance and manufacturing.

Some of the top employers of our alumni include:

• Chicago Public Schools
• Northwestern Medicine
• Allstate
• JPMorgan Chase & Company
• AbbVie
• Discover Financial Services
• Amazon
• Walgreens
• Abbott
• AT&T
• Caterpillar

Our alumni are leaders in their fields, entrepreneurs and highly skilled workers who improve our quality of life and drive the economy. See how our majors perform in the workforce, by checking out undergraduate degrees at NIU.