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Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL · Public · 11,301 students · mostly bachelor degrees
81st-cheapest of 180 Illinois colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$13,391
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$28,851
Graduation rate
49%
Admission rate
70%
Median graduate earnings
$57,808
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$22,162
Pell grant recipients
47%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
140 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree32 grads/yr$120,765Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree122 grads/yr$119,872Curriculum and Instruction · Doctoral Degree9 grads/yr$117,352Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree11 grads/yr$107,338Accounting · Master's Degree15 grads/yr$101,106Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree41 grads/yr$93,962Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree110 grads/yr$93,438Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree101 grads/yr$86,999Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree56 grads/yr$86,511Psychology, General · Doctoral Degree12 grads/yr$85,719Accounting · Bachelor's Degree83 grads/yr$83,573Public Administration · Master's Degree33 grads/yr$82,907Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$82,584Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General · Bachelor's Degree56 grads/yr$81,554Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree$80,885Educational/Instructional Technology · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$79,429Law · First Professional Degree90 grads/yr$78,459Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other · Bachelor's Degree20 grads/yr$76,856Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree119 grads/yr$76,373Environmental Health · Master's Degree44 grads/yr$74,989Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree109 grads/yr$73,176Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree55 grads/yr$72,883Management Science · Bachelor's Degree80 grads/yr$71,040Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$69,856Textile Science · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$68,636
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.