Student Population at Northeastern Illinois University

Northeastern Illinois University has a total of 5,756 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,207 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,549 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 1,645 White, 625 Black, and 519 Asian students out of a total of 5,756 are attending at Northeastern Illinois University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, Northeastern Illinois has 114 students under 18 years old and 46 students over 65 years old. There are 2,731 students under 25 years old, and 3,004 students over 25 years old out of 5,756 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 114 students are younger than 18 and 22 students are older than 65. Northeastern Illinois has 2,558 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,633 students aged 25 and over.

It has 173 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,371 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Northeastern Illinois University, 2,079 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,427 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,018 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 61 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 4,207 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 584 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.88%.393 students have transferred in as full-time status and 191 students transferred in as part-time status.