Northern Illinois University Historical Acceptance Rate

Historical Acceptance Rates

Northern Illinois University's overall acceptance rate for the 2023 application year is 70.4%, with 24,177 applicants and 17,033 accepted. This rate is slightly down from 70.65% in 2022, a year that saw 25,961 applicants and 18,348 acceptances. Looking back further, the acceptance rates have shown an upward trend from 50.3% in 2015 to a peak of 70.65% in 2022, although there was a notable dip to 59.2% in 2020. The recent data suggests that while acceptance rates have generally stabilized in the 70% range, there is still substantial variability influenced by applicant numbers.

Year	Total Applicants	Total Admits	RD Acceptance Rate	EA Acceptance Rate	Overall Acceptance Rate
2023	24,177	17,033	70.4%	-	70.4%
2022	25,961	18,348	70.65%	-	70.65%
2021	22,602	15,922	70.45%	-	70.45%
2020	16,690	9,888	59.2%	-	59.2%
2019	15,693	7,588	48.3%	-	48.3%
2018	14,157	7,698	54.3%	-	54.3%
2017	14,641	7,806	53.3%	-	53.3%
2016	14,980	7,766	51.8%	-	51.8%
2015	17,099	8,610	50.3%	-	50.3%

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