Subject: College Visit Preparation

Northern Illinois University
Next week we will be visiting NIU. Take a moment to learn more about the school and be sure to write down any questions that you may have to ask them next week.

NIU HISTORY
Northern became Northern Illinois State College on July 1, 1955, and Northern Illinois University on July 1, 1957.
The Illinois General Assembly granted NIU its own governing board in 1996.
NIU FACTS
Date Chartered: 1895
Total Student Enrollment: 19,015
  • Undergraduate: 14,079
  • Graduate: 4,672
  • College of Law: 264
Undergraduate:

  • 57 undergraduate majors
  • 73 undergraduate minors
  • 88 emphases
  • 6 pre-professional programs
Graduate:

  • 69 graduate programs (excluding law)
  • 66 specializations

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENT

990 SAT*/19 ACT 

2.75* cumulative GPA or top 50% of class

- OR -

1140 SAT*/ 23 ACT

2.5* cumulative GPA or top 66% of class

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