Northern Illinois University is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. Northern Illinois University confers degrees through various schools, such as: the College of Business, the College of Law, the School of Nursing, and the College of Education.
#-Best Business Schools
#154Best Education Schools (tie)
#147-193Best Law Schools
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#-Criminal Law
#-Environmental Law
#-Health Care Law
#-Intellectual Property Law
#-International Law
#-Legal Writing
#-Tax Law
#-Trial Advocacy
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#60Audiology (tie)
#213Biological Sciences (tie)
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#138Clinical Psychology (tie)
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#143English (tie)
#152Best Fine Arts Programs (tie)
#106History (tie)
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#137Physical Therapy (tie)
#146Physics (tie)
#103Political Science (tie)
#167Psychology (tie)
#58Best Public Affairs Programs (tie)
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#25Public Finance and Budgeting (tie)
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#92Speech-Language Pathology (tie)
The College of Business at Northern Illinois University offers these departments and concentrations: accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, general management, human resources management, international business, leadership, manufacturing and technology management, marketing, management information systems, sports business, tax, and technology.
Admission to the (Full Time) Global MBA is based on undergraduate performance, letters of recommendation, and personal interview. This is a lock-step cohort program with admission for fall term (also spring term starting in January 2019).
Admission to the Executive MBA is based on work experiences (minimum 5 years required), undergraduate degree and GPA, professional recommendations, and personal interview. This is a lock-step cohort program with admission for fall term only.
Admission to self-paced Evening MBA is based on review of work experiences and community activities, undergraduate degree and GPA, GMAT score (case-by-case consideration for GMAT waiver), and professional recommendations. Applications are reviewed for fall, summer, and spring admission. The One-Year MBA (spring admission) and the Chicago MBA (fall admission) are 12-month accelerated, lock-step cohort evening program formats. GMAT is not required for admission to the One-Year & Chicago MBA formats.
https://cob.niu.edu/academics/mba/global-international/index.shtml
https://cob.niu.edu/academics/mba/executive/index.shtml
http://cob.niu.edu/departments/mba-programs/evening/index.shtml
Accounting, leadership, manufacturing and technology management, marketing, management information systems
Full-time accelerated, part-time evenings and weekends, part-time off campus, part-time other, traditional executive MBA
The Global MBA is a full-time program offered at the NIU DeKalb campus. The 1-year curriculum with a global perspective offers a double degree: an MBA at NIU and MS-International Management or certificate with partner schools in Europe. All students work with a professional career coach throughout the program and participate in a mentoring program and career preparation/job search workshops.
Executive MBA includes the basic business tools and managerial accounting controls, strategic marketing, building an effective organizational, operations management, leadership development, financial analysis, and overall policy analysis. Beyond the core, students complete elective courses in leadership development, an international experience, and a capstone consulting project.
Evening MBA students are required to complete a minimum of 10 courses and up to 19 courses depending on undergraduate degree; elective/certificate tracks include General Management, Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Leadership, Management Information Systems, and Strategic Marketing; with short- term study abroad options. MBA/JD also available for Evening MBA students. The One-Year MBA and the Chicago MBA require 10 courses (30 credit hours) including a short-term study abroad experience.
The College of Law at Northern Illinois University has an application deadline of April 1. The full-time program application fee at the College of Law at Northern Illinois University is $0. Its tuition is full-time: $22,082 (in-state) and full-time: $22,082 (out-of-state). The student-faculty ratio is 9.4:1.
Http://niu.edu/law/admission/application/index.shtml
Our Health Advocacy Clinic is a joint venture with a homeless shelter. Our Prisoners' Rights Project has students serve as lead counsel in a federal constitutional rights trial. We offer an international program in Agen, France. We offer certificates in business law, civil advocacy, criminal practice, international law, law and women's studies, and public interest law.
The College has many student organizations, with the Student Bar Association serving as the "umbrella organization" for these groups. The student-edited Law Review publishes both professional and student articles. Both the Moot Court Society and the Trial Advocacy Society are very active. Both sponsor internal competitions and participate in external competitions.
Law school information technology department, university information technology department
The David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library is a principal resource of the College of Law and provides an excellent ratio of library materials to students. The Law Library offers research- or study-level coverage for currently offered law school courses. The Library also offers electronic access to Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, Bloomberg, HeinOnline and a wide range of online legal resources.
The Office of Career Opportunities and Professional Development is available for counseling on all phases of career and placement activity. The office provides assistance with resume preparation, job search strategy, and interviewing skills. This office also holds panels and programs in which various practitioners and alumni discuss their particular type of practice.
Northern Illinois University is a public school.
The College of Education at Northern Illinois University has an application deadline of July 15. The application fee for the education program at Northern Illinois University is $60. Its tuition is full-time: $8,857 per year (in-state); full-time: $8,857 per year (out-of-state); part-time: $492 per year (in-state); and part-time: $492 per year (out-of-state). The College of Education at Northern Illinois University has 86 full-time faculty on staff with a 2.1:1 ratio of full-time equivalent doctoral students to full-time faculty.
https://www.niu.edu/admissions/visit/virtual.shtml
Bachelor's, master's, education specialist, Ph.D., Ed.D.
Teaching track, counseling/psychology track, administration track, research/policy track, other
School of education with undergraduate and graduate divisions
CADREI (Council of Academic Deans from Research Education Institutions), AACTE (American Associate of Colleges for Teacher Education)
In-service master's degree program(s) for experienced teachers, Master's program(s) for other professional school personnel, Specialist or 6th year program(s) for teachers or other professional school personnel, Doctoral program(s) for teachers or other professional school personnel
Four-year undergraduate program(s) (bachelor's), Master's program(s)
