Total Enrollment
15,414
Undergraduate
11,348
Graduate
4,066
Men
6,960
Women
8,454
Northern Illinois Student Population
There are 15,414 students including 11,348 undergraduate and 4,066 graduate students at Northern Illinois University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 11,927 full-time and 3,487 part-time students with gender distribution of
6,960 male and 8,454 female students.
Northern Illinois University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,197 students have enrolled online program exclusively.
Student Gender Distribution
Northern Illinois University has a total enrollment of 15,414 with a gender distribution of 45.15% male (6,960 students) and 54.85% female (8,454 students). There are 5,330 male and 6,018 female students in undergraduate school and 1,630 male and 2,436 female students are attending graduate school at Northern Illinois University.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 15,414 | 6,960 | 8,454 |
| Undergraduate | 11,348 | 5,330 | 6,018 |
| Graduate | 4,066 | 1,630 | 2,436 |
| Full-time | 11,927 | 5,505 | 6,422 |
| Part-time | 3,487 | 1,455 | 2,032 |
Enrollment by Attending Status
Northern Illinois University has 11,927 full-time and 3,487 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 10,019 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,329 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,908 students are full-time and 2,158 are part-time students.
| Total | Full-time | Part-time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 15,414 | 11,927 | 3,487 |
| Undergraduate | 11,348 | 10,019 | 1,329 |
| Graduate | 4,066 | 1,908 | 2,158 |
| Men | 6,960 | 5,505 | 1,455 |
| Women | 8,454 | 6,422 | 2,032 |
Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment
At Northern Illinois University, 2,197 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,937 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 15,414 students.
In undergraduate schools, 7,987 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,147 students are attending some online courses.
| Total | Undergraduate | Graduate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 15,414 | 11,348 | 4,066 |
| Online Exclusively | 2,197 | 830 | 1,367 |
| In Some Online Classes | 7,937 | 7,157 | 780 |
| Not In Online Classes | 5,280 | 3,361 | 1,919 |
Race/Ethnicity Distribution
This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northern Illinois University. There are 64 American Indian/Native American, 6,831 White, 2,741 Black/African American, 921 Asian, 3,407 Hispanic, 13 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 217 students with other races.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 15,414 | 6,960 | 8,454 |
| American Indian/Native American | 64 | 30 | 34 |
| Asian | 921 | 447 | 474 |
| Black/African American | 2,741 | 1,051 | 1,690 |
| Hispanic | 3,407 | 1,500 | 1,907 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 13 | 5 | 8 |
| White | 6,831 | 3,141 | 3,690 |
| Two More | 268 | 113 | 155 |
| Race Un-Known | 197 | 104 | 93 |
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