Northern Illinois University College Portrait
Northern Illinois University1425 West Lincoln Highway DeKalb, IL 60115
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- Admissions
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- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
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- Student Experiences
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
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- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at NIU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
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NIU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 14 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 74% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 88% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 884 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 46% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 14% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 84% |
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Campus-based Housing
98% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
28% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
The Northern Illinois University Department of Police and Public Safety is committed to ensuring that NIU is one of the safest educational institutions in the nation.
The University employs more than 60 full-time, sworn police officers who are committed to a holistic, integrated approach to the philosophy of community policing. These dedicated people are an integral part of every aspect of campus life. Their mission is not merely to enforce the law, but also to educate students, faculty, staff and the visiting public as to how in cooperation with the police they can be better prepared to take care of themselves and their property.
The police interact with members of the community daily, building healthy, wholesome relationships and extensive interpersonal networks that allow them to proactively mitigate potential problems and implement solutions before trouble arises.
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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Research Universities (high research activity)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily residential
- Enrollment Profile
- High undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Comprehensive doctoral (no medical/veterinary)