by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., National Louis University landed the #217 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
NLU also ranked #13 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Illinois.
NLU was ranked #107 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Illinois, NLU came in at #5.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 82.7% of the total graduate students at NLU are women and 17.3% are men.
Of all the graduate students at NLU, around 44.8% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. NLU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 0.4% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,646 | $11,646 |
| Fees | $450 | $450 |
Master's degree recipients from NLU earn an average salary of $51,267 during the early years of their career. That's about 12% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from NLU enter careers with an average starting salary of $116,556. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 55% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of National Louis University.
Contact details for NLU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 122 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603 |
| Phone: | 800-443-5522 |
| Website: | www.nl.edu/ |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/NationalLouisU |
Around 68.5% of NLU graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 48.1% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 7 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 54 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 9 |
| Educational Administration | 63 |
| Ethnic Studies | 1 |
| Student Counseling | 4 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 1 |
Footnotes
*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.
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