Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, IL [Public]

Admissions, Retention, and Bar Passage

2010
150 Modest LSAT 25th
153 Low LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.04
GPA
 50th
 3.28
GPA
 75th
 3.55
87.4% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2013
2011
150 Modest LSAT 25th
152 Modest LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.00
GPA
 50th
 3.20
GPA
 75th
 3.42
84.88% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2014
2014
146 Very High LSAT 25th
150 Modest LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.83
GPA
 50th
 3.09
GPA
 75th
 3.37
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2017
2015
145 Very High LSAT 25th
148 High LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.77
GPA
 50th
 3.05
GPA
 75th
 3.34
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2018
Entering Year Academic Attrition
Post-1L Post-2L Combined
2010
2.2%
0%
2.2%
2011
2.9%
0%
2.9%
2012
3.7%
1.8%
5.5%
2013
3%
2%
5%
2014
3.6%
??? ???
2015
2.4%
0%
2.4%
 
 
 
 
1L Enrollment -37%Since 2010
 
% Admitted +14.4%Since 2011
 

Job Outcomes + Tuition Paid

 

LT: Long Term FT: Full Time BPR: Bar Passage Req. JD Adv: JD Advantage Pro: Professional

Class Total Tuition Long Term, Full Time Jobs
Bar Req. JD Adv. or Prof.
2011 Resident: $46,099
Non-Res: $83,887
54.6% 6.2%
2012 Resident: $50,803
Non-Res: $91,622
62.6%
6.6%
2013 Resident: $55,767
Non-Res: $99,400
53.8%
9.4%
2014 Resident: $59,898
Non-Res: $105,462
60.6%
16.2%

Total tuition includes tuition for a full-time student who completed three years of law school on time. The total does not include cost of living, cost of borrowing, or accrued interest during school and before the first debt repayment. More details on debt-financing available here.

Tuition Change

Non-Resident Tuition-13.3%Since 2008
Resident Tuition+58.5%Since 2008
 

Total Federal Investment

 
Graduating Class Avg. Loan Disbursement % Borrowing Total Federal Investment
Class of 2010 99 graduates $49,858 97% $4,786,368
Class of 2011 97 graduates $61,530 96.8% $5,783,820
Class of 2012 91 graduates $72,479 84.8% $5,580,883
Class of 2013 117 graduates $76,575 89% $7,963,800
Class of 2014 99 graduates $77,182 83% $6,328,924

Northern Illinois University declined to make available important information about its J.D. graduates' debt, thus at least one year of data is missing from the TFI table and chart.

Total federal investment does not include money borrowed by J.D. students who left school through attrition, transfer, or otherwise. Neither does it include money borrowed for non-JD coursework at the law school. More info on total federal investment available here.