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NIU ranks fifth on PayScale’s new list of “Best Schools by Salary Potential for Education Majors,” released Wednesday. The report ranks more than 1,000 colleges and universities by median alumni salaries. According to PayScale, the median salary for NIU education alumni with zero to five years of experience is $34,700; that median climbs to $58,300...
A degree from Northern Illinois University provides one of the best returns on investment offered by any college or university in the state, according to rankings released Monday by Affordable Colleges Online. According to the authors, the rankings strive to identify those colleges and universities that offer the greatest lifetime return on investment. Graduates from...
College costs money. Lots of money. But those dollars are, of course, an investment – a down payment of sorts on the kind of prosperity that the achievement of a higher education can provide. NIU students who wonder whether it’s worth the financial strain can take this to the bank: It is. The university ranks...
When most people think of college rankings lists, they think only of the 600-pound gorilla of that category — the list published by U.S. News and World Report. However, when it comes to ranking institutions as numerous and as varied as colleges and universities, one size hardly fits all. “The mission at Princeton is different...
