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Northern Illinois University MS in Engineering

Engineering is a program of study at Northern Illinois University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Engineering from NIU Cost?

NIU Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at NIU was $492 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,858	$8,858
Fees	$2,228	$2,228

Does NIU Offer an Online MS in Engineering?

Online degrees for the NIU engineering master’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.

NIU Master’s Student Diversity for Engineering

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 90 master’s degrees in engineering handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 22.2% of the engineering students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 26.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in engineering at NIU in 2019-2020, 11.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 17%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	14
International Students	66
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

MS in Engineering Focus Areas at NIU

Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	14
Mechanical Engineering	18
Industrial Engineering	58

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.