Student Population at Northeastern Illinois University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
5,756	4,207	1,549

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 5,756 students have enrolled in Northeastern Illinois University with 4,207 undergraduate and 1,549 graduate students.

By gender, 2,219 male and 3,537 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

2,079 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,427 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

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Student Population by Gender

Northeastern Illinois University has a total of 5,756 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,207 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,549 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,219 male and 3,537 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,756	4,207	1,549
Men	2,219	1,729	490
Women	3,537	2,478	1,059

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,645 White, 625 Black, and 519 Asian students out of a total of 5,756 are attending at Northeastern 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	6	3	3
Asian	519	257	262
Black	625	228	397
Hispanic	2,127	776	1,351
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	10	6	4
White	1,645	625	1,020
Two or more races	113	36	77
Race Unknown	566	228	338

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	2	2
Asian	419	218	201
Black	505	193	312
Hispanic	1,719	651	1,068
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	9	6	3
White	916	401	515
Two or more races	83	30	53
Race Unknown	479	197	282

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	2	1	1
Asian	100	39	61
Black	120	35	85
Hispanic	408	125	283
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	729	224	505
Two or more races	30	6	24
Race Unknown	87	31	56

Student Age Distribution

By age, Northeastern Illinois has 114 students under 18 years old and 46 students over 65 years old. There are 2,731 students under 25 years old, and 3,004 students over 25 years old out of 5,756 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 114 students are younger than 18 and 22 students are older than 65. Northeastern Illinois has 2,558 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,633 students aged 25 and over.

It has 173 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,371 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	114	76	38
18-19	684	385	299
20-21	722	446	276
22-24	1,211	705	506
25-29	1,225	754	471
30-34	676	427	249
35-39	377	249	128
40-49	455	316	139
50-64	225	142	83
Over 65	46	26	20

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	114	76	38
18-19	684	385	299
20-21	719	446	273
22-24	1,041	591	450
25-29	797	460	337
30-34	365	223	142
35-39	175	108	67
40-49	180	120	60
50-64	94	51	43
Over 65	22	11	11

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

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 Northeastern Illinois University, 2,079 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,427 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,018 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 61 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	5,756	2,079	2,427
Undergraduate	4,207	1,112	2,105
Graduate	1,549	967	322

Online Student Population by Locality
	Illinois Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,018	31	30
Undergraduate	1,094	15	3
Graduate	924	16	27

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,207 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 584 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.88%.393 students have transferred in as full-time status and 191 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	2,132
Transfer-in Full-time	393
Regular Part-time	1,491
Transfer-in Part-time	191

Student Population at Northeastern Illinois University

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