unitid 147703 · Dekalb, IL · public 4-year · suburb (small)
Northern Illinois University
- enrollment 2023
- 17,541
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
70%
27th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
11,301
75th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
47%
undergrads on Pell grants
84th pctl among public 4-years
completion
49%
finish within 150% time
56th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$28,851
85th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,391
after aid, aided students
55th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$57,808
after entry, Title IV students
70th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,162
74th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,126 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k30%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k16%
- 110k+20%
- Median family income
- $39,109
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $13,248
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 211 | $47,360 | $24,194 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 153 | $78,637 | $31,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 146 | $48,018 | $25,250 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs. | 139 | $54,266 | $27,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 122 | $121,495 | — |
| Marketing. | 119 | $68,194 | $23,875 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 118 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 110 | $85,811 | $22,966 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 109 | $76,392 | $22,500 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 105 | — | — |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 101 | $86,692 | $25,000 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 97 | $50,679 | $30,839 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.