NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY D-12

De Kalb, IL 60115-2854
Tel: (815)753-1000
Admissions: (815)753-0446
E-mail: admission-info@niu.edu
Web Site: http://www.niu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees. Founded 1895. Setting: 589-acre small town campus with easy access to Chicago. Endowment: $1.8 million. Research spending 2003-04: $13 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $6319 per student. Total enrollment: 24,818. Faculty: 1,152 (875 full-time, 277 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 18,088 applied, 56% were admitted. 9% from top 10% of their high school class, 34% from top quarter, 75% from top half. 7 National Merit Scholars. Full-time: 16,157 students, 53% women, 47% men. Part-time: 1,872 students, 55% women, 45% men. Students come from 50 states and territories, 105 other countries, 3% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 12% black, 6% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 13% 25 or older, 33% live on campus, 12% transferred in. Retention: 76% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: semesters. Services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Rockford Regional Academic Center, Quad-Cities Graduate Study Center, Hoffman Estate. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, electronic application. Required: high school transcript, high school rank, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

State resident tuition: $4830 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $9690 full-time. Mandatory fees: $930 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. College room and board: $5740. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 200 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 19% of eligible men and 11% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: American Marketing Association, Delta Sigma Pi, Pi Sigma Epsilon, Black Choir, Student Volunteer Choir. Major annual event: homecoming. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 6,200 college housing spaces available; 6,000 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Option: coed housing available. Founders Memorial Library plus 8 others with 3.1 million books, 3.5 million microform titles, 24,696 serials, 52,123 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $9.7 million. 1,200 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.