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Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University
1425 Lincoln Hwy
De Kalb, IL 60115-2854


Website: https://www.niu.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 11,429
Full-time undergraduates: 9,931
Part-time undergraduates: 1,498
Total graduate students: 4,220
Full-time graduate students: 1,977
Part-time graduate students: 2,243
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
6.6% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
20.7% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
23.8% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
43.6% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.1% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.3% Nonresident Alien
0.5% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 650 acres
Nearest major city: Chicago

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 91%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 34%
Percent of students who live off campus: 66%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 1500
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
American Marketing Association; Delta Sigma Pi; Pi Sigma Epsilon; Black Choir; Student Volunteer Choir

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's gymnasticsyes 
Women's gymnastics NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Intramural/Recreational sports:
archery; badminton; baseball; basketball; bowling; football; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; water polo; weight lifting; wrestling; skiing (downhill); track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: OHare International

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