Northern Illinois Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Northern Illinois University, the graduation rates was 48.66% (891 students out of 1,831 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 383 male and 508 female students have graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at Northern Illinois University. Last year, the graduation rate was 48.66%. where 891 students out of 1,831 candidate completed their degree.

538 students completed their course in 4 years and 271 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 82 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At Northern Illinois University, 13 of 22 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 59.09%.

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Northern Illinois University, the retention rate is 70% for full-time students and 30 % for part-time students.