Northeastern Illinois University Student Population

How many students at Northeastern Illinois? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 5,734 students have enrolled in Northeastern Illinois University with 4,226 undergraduate and 1,508 graduate students.

By gender, 2,313 male and 3,421 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,101 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,235 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Northeastern Illinois University has a total of 5,734 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 4,226 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,508 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,313 male and 3,421 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,160 White, 614 Black, and 411 Asian students out of a total of 5,734 are attending at Northeastern Illinois University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Northeastern Illinois University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 70.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Northeastern Illinois has 181 students under 18 years old and 39 students over 65 years old. There are 2,845 students under 25 years old, and 2,885 students over 25 years old out of 5,734 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 176 students are younger than 18 and 21 students are older than 65. Northeastern Illinois has 2,656 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,567 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at Northeastern Illinois, 5 students are younger than 18 and 18 students are older than 65. It has 189 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,318 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Northeastern Illinois University, 1,101 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,235 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,072 students who live in Illinois or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 29 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,226 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 682 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 16.14%.424 students have transferred in as full-time status and 258 students transferred in as part-time status.