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Offcampus Academics

Graduate Offerings

NIU Off Campus Academics offers a variety of distance education opportunities. Our graduate programs in Rockford, Naperville, and Hoffman Estates allow you to choose a program that fits your personal and professional interests. Change your life, one class at a time with part-time classes, online classes, and programs.

College of Business

Degree Programs and Certificate Locations

Accountancy
Master of Science in Taxation

NIU Hoffman Estates

Business Administration - Evening Program
Master of Business Administration – MBA

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

Business Administration - Professional Program
Master of Business Administration – MBA

NIU Hoffman Estates

Business Administration - Executive Program
Master of Business Administration – MBA

NIU Naperville

Management Information Systems
Certificate of Graduate Study

NIU Naperville

Management Information Systems
Master of Science

NIU Naperville

 

College of Education

Degree Programs Locations

Adult and Higher Education
Master of Science in Education

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

Curriculum and Instruction
Master of Science in Education

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

Educational Administration w/Type 75 Certification
Master of Science in Education

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

NIU Rockford

Elementary Education
Master of Science in Education

NIU Naperville

Literacy Education
Master of Science in Education

NIU Rockford

Literacy Education - emphasis in Reading
Master of Science in Education

NIU Naperville

NIU Rockford

 

College of Engineering and Engineering Technology

Degree Program and Certificate Locations

Homeland Security
Certificate of Graduate Study

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

NIU Rockford

Industrial Management
Master of Science

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

NIU Rockford

 

College of Health and Human Sciences

Degree Program and Certificates Locations

Homeland Security 
Certificate of Graduate Study

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

NIU Rockford

Nursing
Master of Science w/emphases in the following
- Adult Nurse Practitioner
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Family Nurse Practitioners
- Nurse Educator Online

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

Online

Post-Master’s Certificate Program in Nursing
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Nursing Education

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

Online

 

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Degree Programs and Certificates Locations

Geographic Information Systems
(Certificate of Graduate Study)

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

NIU Rockford

Homeland Security 
(Certificate of Graduate Study)

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

NIU Rockford

Public Administration
coursework in the Master of Public Administration program

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

 

 

 

College of Visual and Performing Arts

Course Offerings Locations

Studio art, art education, art history, and music theory

 

NIU Hoffman Estates

NIU Naperville

NIU Rockford

Other

 

For information on more graduate programs available at NIU, please review the Graduate Catalog.