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Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115-2854

Website: https://www.niu.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 11,349
Full-time undergraduates: 10,013
Part-time undergraduates: 1,326
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native
6.4% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
21.0% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
25.7% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
41.9% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.6% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.8% Nonresident Alien
0.9% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 650 acres

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: 35%
Percent of students who live off campus: 65%

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

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: O'Hare International

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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