Bachelor's+16% vs national median2,151 grads tracked
Education at Northeastern Illinois University
Ranked 38th of 339 bachelor's programs in Education by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$46,691
middle 50%: $33,306 – $60,076
Median · 5 years out
$62,160
middle 50%: $47,481 – $73,219
Median · 10 years out
$72,928
middle 50%: $57,528 – $88,593
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Education (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Education graduates from Northeastern Illinois University earn a median of $47k in their first year. By year ten, they earn $73k.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
Drag the sliders — payback uses this program's actual salary curve.
Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
6.6 yrs
≈ $7,448 total interest
Same major at other universities
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
$62,719 · 5 yrs out
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
$62,686 · 5 yrs out
Southern Connecticut State University
$62,678 · 5 yrs out
DePaul University
$62,549 · 5 yrs out
University of Hawaii at Manoa
$62,450 · 5 yrs out
University of Virginia
$62,322 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
$62,075 · 5 yrs out
George Mason University
$61,842 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at Oneonta
$61,569 · 5 yrs out
Macalester College
$61,545 · 5 yrs out
Loyola University Chicago
$61,423 · 5 yrs out
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$61,328 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at Northeastern Illinois University
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Master's)
$108,546 · 5 yrs out
History (Master's)
$107,901 · 5 yrs out
Physical Sciences (Master's)
$97,859 · 5 yrs out
Mathematics and Statistics (Master's)
$95,990 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$89,069 · 5 yrs out
Computer Science (Bachelor's)
$89,069 · 5 yrs out
Education (Master's)
$88,000 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$84,309 · 5 yrs out
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology (Master's)
$77,146 · 5 yrs out
Social Sciences (Master's)
$73,271 · 5 yrs out
Economics (Bachelor's)
$70,625 · 5 yrs out
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (Master's)
$69,841 · 5 yrs out
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