Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University admitted 70% of applicants. Its average net price after aid for in-state students was $14,505 a year. Within six years, 49% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 70%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $29,642 a year
- Average in-state net price after aid
- $14,505 a year
- In-state net price for families earning under $30,000
- $12,319 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $13,792 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 49%
- Students who return for a second year
- 70%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $61,351 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,555
Students
- Undergraduates
- 11,301
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 52%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 15 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 16%
- Health professions
- 14%
- Education
- 10%
- Psychology
- 9%
- Engineering
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Franklin College IN · 70% admitted
- Regis College MA · 70% admitted
- Bloomfield College of Montclair State University NJ · 70% admitted
- Florida College FL · 70% admitted
- Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro PR · 70% admitted
- Ringling College of Art and Design FL · 70% admitted
More colleges in Illinois
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · 42% admitted
- University of Illinois Chicago IL · 77% admitted
- Illinois State University IL · 88% admitted
- DePaul University IL · 76% admitted
- Chamberlain University-Illinois IL · 83% admitted
- Loyola University Chicago IL · 82% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% admitted
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville IL · 98% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.