Northeastern Illinois University
About
Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is a public university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1867 by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, it was established as the first teacher training school in Cook County. NEIU is both a Hispanic-serving institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution. The main campus is located in the Chicago area of North Park with two other campuses in Chicago. NEIU has one of the longest-running free-form community radio stations, WZRD Chicago 88.3 FM.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 70 Title IV programs, 31 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 38 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing31 · 44.3%
- No Data38 · 54.3%
- Failing1 · 1.4%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 3
Action history · 3
- Oct 2017Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation · Art and Design (ART) - Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting programs
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,761 students received $15.0M in Pell grants, alongside $10.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,571 borrowers who entered repayment, 54 (3.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Northeastern Illinois
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus6
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Gender1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Northeastern Illinois vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Northeastern Illinois selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNortheastern Illinois University | 22% | — | 5,734 | $14,109 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 33% | 91.6% | 5,217 | $13,224 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 43% | 93.3% | 15,182 | $8,615 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 53% | 98.1% | 9,724 | $6,067 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 15% | 43.3% | 2,238 | $12,335 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 51% | 56.6% | 13,324 | $3,148 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 37% | 73.4% | 3,041 | $5,130 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 34% | 98.4% | 5,429 | $16,053 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 40% | 88.6% | 11,266 | $15,225 | R2 Research | |
| — | — | 8,828 | $3,085 | Community College | |
| 51% | 94.2% | 33,881 | $4,831 | R2 Research | |
| Peer group median | 39% | 91.6% | 8,828 | $8,615 |
Institutions like Northeastern Illinois
Explore the federal data for institutions in Northeastern Illinois's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsAlabama
Auburn University at Montgomery
Grad rate33%Admit rate91.6%Enrollment5,217Net price$13,224View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsCalifornia
California State University-Dominguez Hills
Grad rate43%Admit rate93.3%Enrollment15,182Net price$8,615View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsCalifornia
California State University-Stanislaus
Grad rate53%Admit rate98.1%Enrollment9,724Net price$6,067View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsIllinois
Chicago State University
Grad rate15%Admit rate43.3%Enrollment2,238Net price$12,335View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew York
CUNY Lehman College
Grad rate51%Admit rate56.6%Enrollment13,324Net price$3,148View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsIndiana
Indiana University-Northwest
Grad rate37%Admit rate73.4%Enrollment3,041Net price$5,130View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Jersey
New Jersey City University
Grad rate34%Admit rate98.4%Enrollment5,429Net price$16,053View data - R2 ResearchTexas
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi
Grad rate40%Admit rate88.6%Enrollment11,266Net price$15,225View data - Community CollegeTexas
Texas Southmost College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment8,828Net price$3,085View data - R2 ResearchTexas
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Grad rate51%Admit rate94.2%Enrollment33,881Net price$4,831View data
Northeastern Illinois Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides a comprehensive set of links related to Northeastern Illinois University, covering areas such as academics, student support, and administrative units. It includes references to the Office of Institutional Research & Assessment but lacks specific details such as staff information or data reports.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DashboardDashboardneiu.edu
- Data definitionFaculty CharacteristicsThe Faculty Characteristics page at Northeastern Illinois University provides detailed ethnicity and gender profiles of faculty, broken down by rank and academic year, through downloadable tables. It notes that these statistics reflect employee status on a specific date in the fall, as required by IPEDS and other national faculty surveys, and acknowledges potential variabilities in data due to timing and definition differences.neiu.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
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