Northern Illinois University

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About

instance of	university public educational institution of the United States normal school · 1895–1955
inception	1895
official name	Northern Illinois University · since 1957 Northern Illinois State Normal School · 1895–1921 Northern Illinois State Teachers College · 1921–1955 Northern Illinois State College · 1955–1957
academic calendar type	semester
grants	NIU Athletics Hall of Fame
mascot	husky

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	DeKalb
headquarters location	DeKalb · country: United States · postal code: 60115 · coordinate location: 41.9309, -88.7800 · street address: 1425 W. Lincoln Hwy.
street address	1425 W. Lincoln Hwy., Dekalb, IL, 60115-2828
postal code	60115-2828
coordinate location	41.9339, -88.7778
official website	https://www.niu.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	16,769 · September 2020
employees	2,963 · September 2020
admission rate	59% · 2020
admission yield rate	21% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: higher research activity high undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, no medical/veterinary school four-year, large, primarily residential four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
award received	Silver Anvil Award · title: Putting Lessons Learned to Work: Managing Communications After a Campus Shooting - Northern Illinois University Office of Public Affairs, 2008 · award rationale: Crisis Management · 2009

Finances

endowment	$89,682,575 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (1) $99,278,295 · 30 June 2021

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Northern Illinois University
member of	Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship · since 2022 Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Center for Research Libraries 2 more Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Council on Governmental Relations
athletics program	Northern Illinois Huskies

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (1)

image	Altgeld Hall and Still Hall along College Ave.jpg

Wikimedia and technical details (5)

Commons category	Northern Illinois University
topic's main category	Category:Northern Illinois University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Northern Illinois University alumni
API endpoint URL	https://idp.niu.edu/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
social media followers	40,881 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28390663 · 10 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 40,806 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28390663 · 27 February 2022 41,023 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28390663 · 7 January 2021 41,453 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28390663 · 22 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (35)

ARWU university ID	northern-illinois-university
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	121204542
Crunchbase organization ID	northern-illinois-university
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Northern-Illinois-University · subject named as: Northern Illinois University
Freebase ID	/m/02yxjs
GeoNames ID	4904089
GND ID	1020975-X
GRID ID	grid.261128.e
IdRef ID	029616212
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	147703
ISIL	US-IDekN
ISNI	0000000090038934
J9U entity ID	987007266035405171
KISTI ID	K000207630
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n79088908
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	102502594
MusicBrainz place ID	41d7f5d0-742e-4b25-944a-1803b962ba80
NL CR AUT ID	kn20080929015 · subject named as: Northern Illinois University
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100007058
OpenAlex ID	I102502594 P4310315949 · subject named as: Northern Illinois University
OpenStreetMap way ID	463534916
Quora topic ID	Northern-Illinois-University
Ringgold ID	2848
ROR ID	012wxa772
Scopus affiliation ID	60009550
SEVIS school ID	1867
SNARC ID	Q46616
Songkick venue ID	60111
subreddit	NIU · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Northern Illinois University · since 24 November 2010
Times Higher Education World University ID	northern-illinois-university
VIAF cluster ID	128693502
Wellcome Collection concept ID	n2gk49dc
X (Twitter) username	niulive · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 41,453 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28390663 · 22 April 2020 NIUlive
‎Scilit organization ID	2864
‎Yale LUX ID	group/56c94863-30a7-4e60-b31b-69edf63e16a3