Student Population at Northern Illinois University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
15,649	11,429	4,220

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 15,649 students have enrolled in Northern Illinois University with 11,429 undergraduate and 4,220 graduate students.

By gender, 7,135 male and 8,514 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

2,208 students are enrolled exclusively, and 8,313 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Northern Illinois University has a total of 15,649 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 11,429 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,220 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 7,135 male and 8,514 female students (the male-female ratio is 46:54) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,649	11,429	4,220
Men	7,135	5,405	1,730
Women	8,514	6,024	2,490

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,280 White, 2,702 Black, and 958 Asian students out of a total of 15,649 are attending at Northern Illinois University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	34	16	18
Asian	958	485	473
Black	2,702	1,061	1,641
Hispanic	3,165	1,376	1,789
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	10	4	6
White	7,280	3,385	3,895
Two or more races	440	191	249
Race Unknown	94	58	36

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	30	13	17
Asian	752	414	338
Black	2,360	939	1,421
Hispanic	2,715	1,219	1,496
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	9	4	5
White	4,989	2,530	2,459
Two or more races	359	164	195
Race Unknown	62	34	28

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	3	1
Asian	206	71	135
Black	342	122	220
Hispanic	450	157	293
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	2,291	855	1,436
Two or more races	81	27	54
Race Unknown	32	24	8

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Northern Illinois University, 2,208 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,313 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,994 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 214 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	15,649	2,208	8,313
Undergraduate	11,429	920	7,222
Graduate	4,220	1,288	1,091

Online Student Population by Locality
	Illinois Residents	Other States in U.S.
All Students	1,994	214
Undergraduate	878	42
Graduate	1,116	172

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 11,429 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,252 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.95%.1,051 students have transferred in as full-time status and 201 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	8,880
Transfer-in Full-time	1,051
Regular Part-time	1,297
Transfer-in Part-time	201