Northern Illinois University Student Population and Demographics

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.

Student Population By Gender
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

[Chart] Northern Illinois University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

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.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northern Illinois University
	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

[Chart] Northern Illinois University Enrollment by Attending Status

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.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northern Illinois University
	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

[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 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.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northern Illinois University
	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

[Chart] Northern Illinois UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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