Enrollment Trends at Northeastern Illinois

The student population at Northeastern Illinois University is 5,756 (4,207 undergraduate and 1,549 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 5,393 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Northeastern Illinois is 73.09% which is decreased by 4,933 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 460 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.59 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,079 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,343.75% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,682 where 5,756 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.09% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.91% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 4,933 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 460 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.59 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Northeastern Illinois than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northeastern Illinois University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,149	9,140	4,043	5,097	2,009	729	1,280
2013-14	10,821 -328	8,950 -190	3,998 -45	4,952 -145	1,871 -138	703 -26	1,168 -112
2014-15	10,275 -546	8,412 -538	3,690 -308	4,722 -230	1,863 -8	739 36	1,124 -44
2015-16	9,891 -384	8,095 -317	3,596 -94	4,499 -223	1,796 -67	698 -41	1,098 -26
2016-17	9,538 -353	7,665 -430	3,357 -239	4,308 -191	1,873 77	692 -6	1,181 83
2017-18	8,984 -554	7,113 -552	3,150 -207	3,963 -345	1,871 -2	691 -1	1,180 -1
2018-19	8,103 -881	6,390 -723	2,786 -364	3,604 -359	1,713 -158	624 -67	1,089 -91
2019-20	7,423 -680	5,700 -690	2,449 -337	3,251 -353	1,723 10	619 -5	1,104 15
2020-21	7,119 -304	5,220 -480	2,151 -298	3,069 -182	1,899 176	596 -23	1,303 199
2021-22	6,440 -679	4,608 -612	1,917 -234	2,691 -378	1,832 -67	587 -9	1,245 -58
2022-23	5,756 -684	4,207 -401	1,729 -188	2,478 -213	1,549 -283	490 -97	1,059 -186
Average	8,682	6,864	2,988	3,876	1,818	652	1,166

Northeastern Illinois University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,864 where 4,207 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Northeastern Illinois University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,140	5,464	2,493	2,971	3,676	1,550	2,126
2013-14	8,950	5,068	2,286	2,782	3,882	1,712	2,170
2014-15	8,412	4,695	2,071	2,624	3,717	1,619	2,098
2015-16	8,095	4,502	2,033	2,469	3,593	1,563	2,030
2016-17	7,665	4,321	1,909	2,412	3,344	1,448	1,896
2017-18	7,113	4,164	1,802	2,362	2,949	1,348	1,601
2018-19	6,390	3,640	1,564	2,076	2,750	1,222	1,528
2019-20	5,700	3,294	1,415	1,879	2,406	1,034	1,372
2020-21	5,220	3,019	1,243	1,776	2,201	908	1,293
2021-22	4,608	2,657	1,095	1,562	1,951	822	1,129
2022-23	4,207	2,525	1,050	1,475	1,682	679	1,003
Average	6,864	6,864	1,724	2,217	6,864	1,264	1,659

Northeastern Illinois University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,818 where 1,549 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Northeastern Illinois University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,009	382	167	215	1,627	562	1,065
2013-14	1,871	347	148	199	1,524	555	969
2014-15	1,863	374	183	191	1,489	556	933
2015-16	1,796	374	175	199	1,422	523	899
2016-17	1,873	353	162	191	1,520	530	990
2017-18	1,871	337	130	207	1,534	561	973
2018-19	1,713	327	125	202	1,386	499	887
2019-20	1,723	383	149	234	1,340	470	870
2020-21	1,899	513	169	344	1,386	427	959
2021-22	1,832	487	181	306	1,345	406	939
2022-23	1,549	422	150	272	1,127	340	787
Average	1,818	1,818	158	233	1,818	494	934

Northeastern Illinois University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.58% and the percentage of black students is 10.86% at Northeastern Illinois University. 9.02% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northeastern Illinois University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	26	948	1,123	3,357	31	4,583	149
2013-14	25	951	1,093	3,381	27	4,344	170
2014-15	23	905	1,048	3,260	26	4,021	167
2015-16	24	866	969	3,294	27	3,654	171
2016-17	21	825	979	3,216	25	3,348	166
2017-18	20	739	1,028	3,003	22	2,958	154
2018-19	19	665	843	2,774	17	2,630	144
2019-20	11	660	753	2,672	21	2,316	126
2020-21	10	607	723	2,659	16	2,176	125
2021-22	12	536	646	2,389	11	1,958	118
2022-23	6	519	625	2,127	10	1,645	113
Average	18	747	894	2,921	21	3,058	146

Northeastern Illinois University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,079 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 36% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,343.75% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northeastern Illinois University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,275	144	819	9,312
2015-16	9,891	160	932	8,799
2016-17	9,538	160	908	8,470
2017-18	8,984	197	987	7,800
2018-19	8,103	197	1,203	6,703
2019-20	7,423	204	1,332	5,887
2020-21	7,119	6,955	136	28
2021-22	6,440	2,576	2,632	1,232
2022-23	5,756	2,079	2,427	1,250
Average	8,170	1,408	1,264	5,498

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