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Northern Illinois University Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Northern Illinois University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in psychology, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:

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

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

NIU Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at NIU paid an average of $492 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 graduate students are shown in the table below.

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

Does NIU Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

NIU does not offer an online option for its psychology master’s degree program 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 Psychology

There were 19 master’s degrees in psychology awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 78.9% of the psychology students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 80.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in psychology at NIU in 2019-2020, 31.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at NIU

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	17
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	2

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.