Major Programs and Completers by Degrees

Degree Programs Overview

As of 2026, Northeastern State University offers 140 degree programs through Certificate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 66 programs can be conferred by distance learning.

A total of 1,810 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024 at NSU. 1,194 students completed bachelor's programs and 470 completed master's programs.

The following table summarizes the number of major programs by offered degrees with number of completers( graduates ) at NSU. It only includes students who completed a program as the first major.

Total Number of Programs and Completers By Degree
	Total Programs	Online Programs	Completers
	Total Programs	Online Programs	Total	Men	Women
Bachelor's	69	16	1,194	424	770
Master's	29	17	470	123	347
Doctor's	1	NOT OFFERED	28	10	18
Post-Graduate Certificate	23	20	85	20	65
At least 12-weeks but less than 1-Year Certificate	17	13	32	21	11
At least 1 but less than 4 years Certificate	1	NOT OFFERED	1	-	1

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The following table lists the best programs with the highest salary after graduation from Northeastern State University. Note that the average salary and debt is based on 2020 data from College Scorecard.

The Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing program has the highest salary ($73,614) after graduation and the Computer Science program is reported as the second-highest earning program with a $63,674 average salary.

Bachelor
Master

Bachelor Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study	Average Salary (2020)		Average Loan Debt
Field of Study	Yearly	Monthly	Yearly	Monthly
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$73,614	$6,135	$12,500	$133
Computer Science	$63,674	$5,306	$19,000	$201
Management Information Systems and Services	$61,651	$5,138	-	-
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians	$51,362	$4,280	$14,924	$158
Accounting and Related Services	$51,134	$4,261	$18,225	$193
Finance and Financial Management Services	$45,808	$3,817	$19,500	$207
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$42,891	$3,574	$17,829	$189
Special Education and Teaching	$41,420	$3,452	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$39,480	$3,290	$22,000	$233
Public Health	$38,978	$3,248	$20,548	$218
Biology, General	$37,898	$3,158	$16,250	$172
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$36,284	$3,024	$17,499	$186

Master Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study	Average Salary (2020)		Average Loan Debt
Field of Study	Yearly	Monthly	Yearly	Monthly
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$82,542	$6,879	$16,000	$182
Accounting and Related Services	$81,036	$6,753	-	-
Educational Administration and Supervision	$51,900	$4,325	$32,894	$374
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$51,590	$4,299	$33,410	$380
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$46,139	$3,845	$23,000	$262
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$43,691	$3,641	$40,699	$463
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$42,945	$3,579	-	-

Popular Programs with Most Completers

Following programs are popular with most enrolled students at Northeastern State University.

At the school, the Research and Experimental Psychology (other) Bachelor program has the most completers of 169 and the Business Administration and Management Master program has the second most completers of 109 students.

Popular Bachelor Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	169	34	135
General Studies	86	32	54
Business Administration and Management	82	33	49
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	73	37	36
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	56	7	49
Accounting	53	20	33
Elementary Education and Teaching	51	4	47
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	48	22	26
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	47	2	45
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	36	13	23

Popular Master Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Business Administration and Management	109	51	58
Nursing Education	43	5	38
Counseling Psychology	43	8	35
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	28	2	26
Curriculum and Instruction	21	6	15
Reading Teacher Education	21	-	21
Educational Leadership and Administration	20	7	13
Social Work	20	3	17
Physician Assistant	20	4	16
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	17	1	16

Popular 1-Year Cert. Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	15	9	6
Business Administration and Management	4	-	4
Geography and Environmental Studies	3	3	-
Computer Science	3	3	-
History	2	2	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	2	1	1
Accounting	1	1	-
Tourism and Travel Services Management	1	1	-
Operations Management and Supervision	1	1	-

Field of Study by Degree and Number of Completers

Below tables describes the major programs by offered degrees. You can check the online learning availability of each programs with number of completers. By expanding each table, you can view the major programs in the area of study that you select.

What is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Natural Resources/Conservation	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Communication and Journalism program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
American/United States Studies/Civilization	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Area Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
American Indian/Native American Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Computer and Information Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Journalism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Relations/Image Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Education program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Artificial Intelligence	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Engineering program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Indian/Native American Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0
Curriculum and Instruction	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	17^ONLINE
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	20^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	14^ONLINE
Adult and Continuing Education Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	4^ONLINE
Educational/Instructional Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	0
Elementary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	51	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	47^ONLINE	10^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	1
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	9^ONLINE
Social Studies Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Engineering Technology program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Mechanical Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Industrial Safety Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering/Industrial Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Work and Family Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Spanish Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Legal Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is English Language and Literature program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Creative Writing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Library Science program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	86	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Library and Information Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	4^ONLINE

What is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	36	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Military Applied Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Natural Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	0
Geography and Environmental Studies	3	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Financial Analytics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	27^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Physical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	73	14^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Psychology program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	169	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Counseling Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	43	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Human Services program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	48^ONLINE	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE
Homeland Security	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Social Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Community Organization and Advocacy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Work	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	31	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	0
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Performance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Business program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	29	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physician Assistant	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Optometry	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	28	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE
Health Services Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Dietetics/Dietitian	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	43^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	56^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0
Clinical Nurse Specialist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is History program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business Administration and Management	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	82	109^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	22^ONLINE
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Operations Management and Supervision	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE
Accounting	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	53	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting and Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Tourism and Travel Services Management	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5^ONLINE
International Business/Trade/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Information Systems	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	35	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is History program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business Administration and Management	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	82	109^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	22^ONLINE
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Operations Management and Supervision	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE
Accounting	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	53	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting and Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Tourism and Travel Services Management	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5^ONLINE
International Business/Trade/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Information Systems	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	35	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
History	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

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