Enrollment Trends at Northern Illinois

The student population at Northern Illinois University is 15,649 (11,429 undergraduate and 4,220 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 6,220 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Northern Illinois is 73.03% which is decreased by 5,123 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,097 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.19 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,208 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 373.82% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 18,476 where 15,649 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.03% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.97% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 5,123 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,097 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.19 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Northern Illinois than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,869	16,552	8,250	8,302	5,317	2,280	3,037
2013-14	21,138 -731	15,814 -738	7,926 -324	7,888 -414	5,324 7	2,336 56	2,988 -49
2014-15	20,611 -527	15,435 -379	7,829 -97	7,606 -282	5,176 -148	2,340 4	2,836 -152
2015-16	20,130 -481	15,027 -408	7,637 -192	7,390 -216	5,103 -73	2,385 45	2,718 -118
2016-17	19,015 -1,115	14,079 -948	7,140 -497	6,939 -451	4,936 -167	2,300 -85	2,636 -82
2017-18	18,045 -970	13,457 -622	6,752 -388	6,705 -234	4,588 -348	2,123 -177	2,465 -171
2018-19	17,169 -876	12,788 -669	6,404 -348	6,384 -321	4,381 -207	1,941 -182	2,440 -25
2019-20	16,609 -560	12,131 -657	5,924 -480	6,207 -177	4,478 97	1,914 -27	2,564 124
2020-21	16,769 160	12,277 146	5,800 -124	6,477 270	4,492 14	1,874 -40	2,618 54
2021-22	16,234 -535	11,834 -443	5,575 -225	6,259 -218	4,400 -92	1,797 -77	2,603 -15
2022-23	15,649 -585	11,429 -405	5,405 -170	6,024 -235	4,220 -180	1,730 -67	2,490 -113
Average	18,476	13,711	6,786	6,926	4,765	2,093	2,672

Northern Illinois University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 13,711 where 11,429 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 Northern Illinois University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	16,552	14,494	7,257	7,237	2,058	993	1,065
2013-14	15,814	13,821	6,919	6,902	1,993	1,007	986
2014-15	15,435	13,489	6,846	6,643	1,946	983	963
2015-16	15,027	13,224	6,714	6,510	1,803	923	880
2016-17	14,079	12,343	6,195	6,148	1,736	945	791
2017-18	13,457	11,788	5,836	5,952	1,669	916	753
2018-19	12,788	11,190	5,514	5,676	1,598	890	708
2019-20	12,131	10,567	5,072	5,495	1,564	852	712
2020-21	12,277	10,472	4,815	5,657	1,805	985	820
2021-22	11,834	9,994	4,624	5,370	1,840	951	889
2022-23	11,429	9,931	4,649	5,282	1,498	756	742
Average	13,711	13,711	5,858	6,079	13,711	927	846

Northern Illinois University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4,765 where 4,220 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 Northern Illinois University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,317	2,220	1,109	1,111	3,097	1,171	1,926
2013-14	5,324	2,232	1,117	1,115	3,092	1,219	1,873
2014-15	5,176	2,368	1,214	1,154	2,808	1,126	1,682
2015-16	5,103	2,321	1,231	1,090	2,782	1,154	1,628
2016-17	4,936	2,273	1,185	1,088	2,663	1,115	1,548
2017-18	4,588	2,091	1,046	1,045	2,497	1,077	1,420
2018-19	4,381	1,994	954	1,040	2,387	987	1,400
2019-20	4,478	1,965	923	1,042	2,513	991	1,522
2020-21	4,492	1,896	888	1,008	2,596	986	1,610
2021-22	4,400	1,895	904	991	2,505	893	1,612
2022-23	4,220	1,977	952	1,025	2,243	778	1,465
Average	4,765	4,765	1,048	1,064	4,765	1,045	1,608

Northern Illinois University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.52% and the percentage of black students is 17.27% at Northern Illinois University. 6.12% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northern 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	38	1,046	3,040	2,246	22	13,894	482
2013-14	36	1,009	2,983	2,381	22	12,948	557
2014-15	30	984	2,825	2,531	22	12,318	569
2015-16	26	985	2,693	2,650	22	11,747	621
2016-17	20	939	2,497	2,675	16	10,987	633
2017-18	21	1,029	2,420	2,730	15	10,193	608
2018-19	20	915	2,416	2,808	13	9,365	584
2019-20	19	913	2,427	2,774	12	8,932	552
2020-21	18	944	2,695	3,099	10	8,619	579
2021-22	24	942	2,764	3,118	10	7,993	576
2022-23	34	958	2,702	3,165	10	7,280	440
Average	26	969	2,678	2,743	16	10,389	564

Northern Illinois University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,208 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 373.82% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northern Illinois University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	20,611	466	1,103	19,042
2015-16	20,130	451	1,192	18,487
2016-17	19,015	465	1,493	17,057
2017-18	18,045	526	1,390	16,129
2018-19	17,169	649	1,378	15,142
2019-20	16,609	334	926	15,349
2020-21	16,769	1,499	990	14,280
2021-22	16,234	2,583	8,712	4,939
2022-23	15,649	2,208	8,313	5,128
Average	17,803	1,020	2,833	13,950

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