Tag: return on investment
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...
NIU has placed 57th on a newly created Washington Monthly list: “America’s Best-Bang-for-the-Buck Colleges.” The honor is “pretty exclusive,” the magazine editors write. “Out of the 1,572 colleges and universities in our broader rankings, only 349 made the cut as best-bang-for-the-buck schools.” Colleges ranked must meet four criteria: At least 20 percent of their students...
The best bang for your business-degree buck in Illinois is found inside NIU’s Barsema Hall. According to the Bloomberg Businessweek’s “Top Undergraduate B-Schools for ROI” list, released this spring, no business school in the state can top the NIU College of Business when it comes to return on investment. NIU ranks at No. 45 on...
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...
