How many students at Northern Illinois? 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, age distribution, and online enrollment.
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 |
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| Total | 15,649 | 11,429 | 4,220 |
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| Men | 7,135 | 5,405 | 1,730 |
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| Women | 8,514 | 6,024 | 2,490 |
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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 chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 34 | 16 | 18 |
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| Asian | 958 | 485 | 473 |
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| Black | 2,702 | 1,061 | 1,641 |
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| Hispanic | 3,165 | 1,376 | 1,789 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 10 | 4 | 6 |
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| White | 7,280 | 3,385 | 3,895 |
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| Two or more races | 440 | 191 | 249 |
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| Race Unknown | 94 | 58 | 36 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 30 | 13 | 17 |
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| Asian | 752 | 414 | 338 |
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| Black | 2,360 | 939 | 1,421 |
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| Hispanic | 2,715 | 1,219 | 1,496 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 9 | 4 | 5 |
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| White | 4,989 | 2,530 | 2,459 |
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| Two or more races | 359 | 164 | 195 |
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| Race Unknown | 62 | 34 | 28 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 4 | 3 | 1 |
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| Asian | 206 | 71 | 135 |
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| Black | 342 | 122 | 220 |
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| Hispanic | 450 | 157 | 293 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| White | 2,291 | 855 | 1,436 |
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| Two or more races | 81 | 27 | 54 |
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| Race Unknown | 32 | 24 | 8 |
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Student Age Distribution
By age, Northern Illinois has 72 students under 18 years old and 27 students over 65 years old. There are 11,142 students under 25 years old, and 5,092 students over 25 years old out of 16,234 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 72 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Northern Illinois has 10,007 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,827 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,135 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,265 students aged 25 and over.
*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 72 | 53 | 19 |
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| 18-19 | 3,587 | 2,024 | 1,563 |
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| 20-21 | 3,772 | 2,046 | 1,726 |
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| 22-24 | 3,711 | 1,857 | 1,854 |
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| 25-29 | 2,193 | 1,113 | 1,080 |
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| 30-34 | 992 | 558 | 434 |
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| 35-39 | 720 | 411 | 309 |
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| 40-49 | 824 | 530 | 294 |
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| 50-64 | 336 | 252 | 84 |
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| Over 65 | 27 | 18 | 9 |
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Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 72 | 53 | 19 |
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| 18-19 | 3,586 | 2,023 | 1,563 |
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| 20-21 | 3,725 | 2,017 | 1,708 |
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| 22-24 | 2,624 | 1,258 | 1,366 |
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| 25-29 | 1,038 | 458 | 580 |
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| 30-34 | 335 | 167 | 168 |
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| 35-39 | 218 | 127 | 91 |
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| 40-49 | 177 | 115 | 62 |
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| 50-64 | 53 | 38 | 15 |
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| Over 65 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
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Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| 18-19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 20-21 | 47 | 29 | 18 |
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| 22-24 | 1,087 | 599 | 488 |
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| 25-29 | 1,155 | 655 | 500 |
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| 30-34 | 657 | 391 | 266 |
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| 35-39 | 502 | 284 | 218 |
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| 40-49 | 647 | 415 | 232 |
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| 50-64 | 283 | 214 | 69 |
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| Over 65 | 21 | 15 | 6 |
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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 |
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| All Students | 15,649 | 2,208 | 8,313 |
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| Undergraduate | 11,429 | 920 | 7,222 |
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| Graduate | 4,220 | 1,288 | 1,091 |
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Online Student Population by Locality
| Illinois Residents | Other States in U.S. | Outside of U.S. |
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| All Students | 1,994 | 214 | 0 |
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| Undergraduate | 878 | 42 | 0 |
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| Graduate | 1,116 | 172 | 0 |
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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 |
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| Regular Full-time | 8,880 |
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| Transfer-in Full-time | 1,051 |
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| Regular Part-time | 1,297 |
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| Transfer-in Part-time | 201 |
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