Art & design at NIU
NIU graduates about 78 art & design majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 191st of 828 schools we score for art & design, a strong program at 71 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $44,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major.
Around NIU
Where art & design happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Visual Arts Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 72 · Dorm 15 · Athletics 6 · Student housing 6 · Chapel 2 · Arts 1.
Nearby in the art & design ranking
Other strong majors at NIU
- Sociology & anthropology 84 · #91
- Business & finance 80 · #106
- Marketing 80 · #69
- Accounting 80 · #91
- Nursing 77 · #65
- Education 77 · #94
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares NIU with every school we score in art & design. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.