Financial Aid at Northern Illinois

Average Amount Received	% Received Financial Aid
$9,294	95%

11,297 students (95% of total 11,834 undergraduate students) have awarded federal, state, local, institutional or other sources of grant aid at Northern Illinois University.

The average amount of the aid awarded is $9,294. For the first-time, full-time beginning students (freshmen), 99% of total 2,147 enrolled students have received any kind of financial aid and its average amount of aid received is $12,552.

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All Undergraduate Financial Aid

At Northern Illinois University, 11,297 undergraduate students (95% of total 11,834 students) have received financial aid including grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans.The average amount of aid received is $9,294.

Financial Aid Statistics (All Undergraduate Students)
Type of Aid	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Grant or Scholarship	11,297	95%	$104,996,419	$9,294
Pell Grants	5,373	45%	$25,069,498	$4,666
Federal Student Loan	5,831	49%	$38,869,242	$6,666

Beginning Undergraduate Students (Freshmen) Financial Aid

2,136 beginning undergraduate students (99% of total 2,147 enrolled freshmen) have received financial aid including grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at Northern Illinois University. The average amount of aid received is $12,552.

Financial Aid Statistics (First-time Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students)
Type of Aid	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Any Financial Aid	2,136	99%	-	-
Grants or Scholarships	2,135	99%	$26,798,696	$12,552
Federal Grants	2,032	95%	$7,737,131	$3,808
Pell Grants	1,231	57%	$6,063,335	$4,926
Other Federal Grants	1,936	90%	$1,673,796	$865
State/Local Grants	1,311	61%	$6,513,834	$4,969
Institutional Grants	2,068	96%	$12,547,731	$6,068
Student Loan Aid	1,274	59%	$8,124,054	$6,377
Federal Student Loans	1,260	59%	$6,569,590	$5,214
Other Student Loans	129	6%	$1,554,464	$12,050

Grants and Scholarship Aid By Income Level (Paying In-State Tuition)

The next table shows the number of students awarded and the average grants/scholarship aid amount by income level for the academic year 2021-2022 at Northern Illinois University.

The sources of grants and scholarship aid are the federal government, state/local government, or the institution. For the statistics, only students who paid the in-state or in-district tuition rate are considered.

Grants of Scholarship Aid Statistics By Income Level
Income Level	Number of Students	Number of Students Awarded	Total Amount Aid Awarded	Average Amount Aid Awarded
All level	1,664	1,649	$21,715,911	$13,050
0-30,000	613	613	$9,538,006	$15,560
30,001-48,000	376	376	$5,838,710	$15,528
48,001-75,000	260	259	$3,465,888	$13,330
75,001-110,000	166	164	$1,510,353	$9,099
110,001 or more	249	237	$1,362,954	$5,474

Financial Aid at Northern Illinois

All Undergraduate Financial Aid

Beginning Undergraduate Students (Freshmen) Financial Aid

Grants and Scholarship Aid By Income Level (Paying In-State Tuition)

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