Northern Illinois University
Breakdown of “Extracurricular Activities” at NIU
By Gender
| Males | B- |
| Females | B- |
By Major
| Accounting | B+ |
| Anthropology | B+ |
| Art & Design Department | D+ |
| Athletics/Training | B |
| Biology | C+ |
| Business - Management and Administration | B- |
| Communications | C+ |
| Computer Science | C+ |
| Criminal | B |
| Economics | A |
| Education | C+ |
| Electrical Engineering | C |
| Engineering Department | D+ |
| English | B- |
| Finance | A |
| Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | B- |
| Geography and Geosciences | C+ |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | A+ |
| Industrial Operations Engineering | A+ |
| Journalism | B |
| Kinesiology | A+ |
| Language - French/Spanish/etc. | B- |
| Mechanical Engineering | B |
| Meteorology | C+ |
| Music - Performance | C+ |
| Music Education | A+ |
| Nursing | C |
| Nutrition | A+ |
| Other | A- |
| Physical Therapy/Exercise Science | C |
| Political Science | A+ |
| Psychology | B- |
| Social Work | F |
| Sociology | B- |
| Undecided | B |
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