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Northern Illinois Student Population

Total Enrollment 15,649
Undergraduate 11,429
Graduate 4,220
Men 7,135
Women 8,514

Northern Illinois Student Population

There are 15,649 students including 11,429 undergraduate and 4,220 graduate students at Northern Illinois University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 11,908 full-time and 3,741 part-time students with gender distribution of 7,135 male and 8,514 female students. Northern Illinois University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,208 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northern Illinois University has a total enrollment of 15,649 with a gender distribution of 45.59% male (7,135 students) and 54.41% female (8,514 students). There are 5,405 male and 6,024 female students in undergraduate school and 1,730 male and 2,490 female students are attending graduate school at Northern Illinois University.
Student Population By Gender
Northern Illinois University
TotalMenWomen
Total15,6497,1358,514
Undergraduate11,4295,4056,024
Graduate4,2201,7302,490
Full-time11,9085,6016,307
Part-time3,7411,5342,207
[Chart] Northern Illinois University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northern Illinois University has 11,908 full-time and 3,741 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 9,931 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,498 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,977 students are full-time and 2,243 are part-time students.
Student Population By Attendance Status
Northern Illinois University
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total15,64911,9083,741
Undergraduate11,4299,9311,498
Graduate4,2201,9772,243
Men7,1355,6011,534
Women8,5146,3072,207
[Chart] Northern Illinois University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northern Illinois University, 2,208 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,313 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 15,649 students. In undergraduate schools, 8,142 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,379 students are attending some online courses.
2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northern Illinois University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total15,64911,4294,220
Online Exclusively2,2089201,288
In Some Online Classes8,3137,2221,091
Not In Online Classes5,1283,2871,841
[Chart] Northern Illinois University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northern Illinois University. There are 34 American Indian/Native American, 7,280 White, 2,702 Black/African American, 958 Asian, 3,165 Hispanic, 10 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 249 students with other races.
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northern Illinois University
TotalMenWomen
Total15,6497,1358,514
American Indian/Native American341618
Asian958485473
Black/African American2,7021,0611,641
Hispanic3,1651,3761,789
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1046
White7,2803,3853,895
Two More440191249
Race Un-Known945836
[Chart] Northern Illinois UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution