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State Appropriations Data

NIU State Appropriations by Fiscal Year

FY $ (in thousands)
2000 105,933.8
2001 111,286.1
2002 118,176.2
2003 110,936.6
2004 101,798.9
2005 102,274.9
2006 102,974.9
2007 103,927.1
2008 105,867.7
2009 107,431.1
2010 107,431.1
2011 100,731.3
2012 99,576.2
2013 93,470.2
2014 93,412.6
2015 91,092.7
2016* 26,439.2
2017 91,092.7
2018 81,983.5
2019 83,623.2
2020 87,804.4
2021 87,804.4
2022 92,194.6
2023 92,194.6
2024 98,670.3
2025 100,643.3
2026 103,662.0

Notes: State of Illinois Budget Impasse July 1, 2015 through August 31, 2017, therefore, NIU received "stop gap funding" rather than a state appropriation in FY16.

NIU Appropriations Requests vs. Awarded Funds, FY15-FY26 (in thousands)

(in thousands of dollars)

Year NIU Request  State General Funds Awarded Unfunded Request
FY15 143,100 123,300 (19,800)
FY16 140,400 35,200 (105,200)
FY17 117,900 117,900 N/A
FY18 114,800 103,300 (11,500)
FY19 114,700 102,500 (12,200)
FY20 112,400 105,600 (6,800)
FY21 109,600 102,800 (6,800)
FY22 110,000 102,500 (7,600)
FY23 105,400 98,600 (6,800)
FY24 112,300 102,000 (10,300)
FY25 113,400 100,600 (12,800)
FY26 117,800 103,662 (14,138)
(214,526)

Notes: Inflation adjusted to FY26 dollars using the Higher Education Price Index.

State Appropriations vs. Tuition and Fees by Fiscal Year

(in thousands of dollars)

Year Revenues Fund^ TOTAL State Appropriations Tuition and Fees
1986 68,541.1 24,047.4 92,588.5 74.0% 26.0%
1987 73,767.6 23,895.0 97,662.6 75.5% 24.5%
1988 70,259.0 28,913.8 99,172.8 70.8% 29.2%
1989 72,299.1 33,761.9 106,061.0 68.2% 31.8%
1990 84,066.9 35,011.6 119,078.5 70.6% 29.4%
1991 87,014.3 33,876.0 120,890.3 72.0% 28.0%
1992 83,624.9 35,077.1 118,702.0 70.4% 29.6%
1993 80,216.8 42,601.0 122,817.8 65.3% 34.7%
1994 83,730.5 43,485.5 127,216.0 65.8% 34.2%
1995 88,589.4 43,539.3 132,128.7 67.0% 33.0%
1996 91,537.4 45,306.5 136,843.9 66.9% 33.1%
1997 94,466.7 47,569.7 142,036.4 66.5% 33.5%
1998 96,971.1 46,944.7 143,915.8 67.4% 32.6%
1999 101,459.8 48,904.7 150,364.5 67.5% 32.5%
2000 105,933.8 51,648.8 157,582.6 67.2% 32.8%
2001 111,286.1 56,205.8 167,491.9 66.4% 33.6%
2002 118,176.2 62,557.8 180,734.0 65.4% 34.6%
2003 110,936.6 66,334.5 177,271.1 62.6% 37.4%
2004 101,798.9 80,598.8 182,397.7 55.8% 44.2%
2005 102,274.9 89,600.0 191,874.9 53.3% 46.7%
2006 102,974.9 97,030.5 200,005.4 51.5% 48.5%
2007 103,927.1 110,034.1 213,961.2 48.6% 51.4%
2008 105,867.7 117,918.2 223,785.9 47.3% 52.7%
2009 107,431.1 125,939.5 233,370.6 46.0% 54.0%
2010 107,431.1 129,150.0 236,581.1 45.4% 54.6%
2011 100,731.3 132,536.3 233,267.6 43.2% 56.8%
2012 99,576.2 142,127.6 241,703.8 41.2% 58.8%
2013 93,490.0 130,673.8 224,163.8 41.7% 58.3%
2014 93,433.3 134,266.0 227,699.3 41.0% 59.0%
2015 91,113.3 138,109.8 229,223.1 39.7% 60.3%
2016 26,439.2 144,500.4 170,939.6 15.5% 84.5%
2017 91,128.7 139,437.6 230,566.3 39.5% 60.5%
2018 82,019.5 132,190.4 214,209.9 38.3% 61.7%
2019 83,647.0 128,961.4 212,608.4 39.3% 60.7%
2020 87,824.9 125,844.3 213,669.2 41.1% 58.9%
2021 87,823.7 125,690.1 213,513.8 41.1% 58.9%
2022 92,216.6 122,564.2 214,780.8 42.9% 57.1%
2023 92,216.6 121,204.8 213,421.5 43.2% 56.80%
2024 98,648.3 122,568.0 221,216.3 44.6% 55.4%
2025 100,621.0 121,930.8 222,551.8 45.2% 54.8%

^ Based on Illinois Board of Higher Education Budget Recommendations
Source: Illinois Board of Higher Education Data Book

Note: RAMP report revenues used for 2013+; 2012 and earlier data from retired NIU data book.

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