In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Northern Illinois University was awarded 612 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.
NIU landed the #628 spot in College Factual's 2023 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,241 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when NIU held the #714 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
NIU is also ranked #29 out of 87 schools in Illinois.
See all of the rankings for Northern Illinois University.