Achieve student enrollment that respects our mission and values while positioning NIU for fiscal sustainability.
Strategies
Clearly define recruitment targets and create tailored, comprehensive plans to drive action.
Objective: Increase all new freshman enrollment 10 percent (2,052) by fall 2023 (1,856 in fall 2018), while maintaining academic quality and diversity measures.
Objective: Increase all new transfer enrollment five percent (1,656) by fall 2023 (1,577 in fall 2018).
Objective: Increase all new graduate enrollment five percent (894) by fall 2023 (851 in fall 2018), while maintaining academic quality and diversity measures.
Objective: Increase new international student enrollment 20 percent (294) by fall 2023 (245 in fall 2018).
Objective: Increase overall online program enrollment by 1,000 students (1,773) by fall 2023 (773 in fall 2018). (See the Wiley Education Services FAQ for more information.)
Objective: Become a designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) by increasing the number of new undergraduate Hispanic/Latinx students by at least nine percent each year (727 in fall 2018).
Objective: Double the enrollment of new domestic out-of-state undergraduate students (238) by fall 2023 (119 in fall 2018).
Provide enhanced, responsive and effective scholarship and financial aid options that will attract students and ensure their success.
Objective: Complete a comprehensive research study by end of spring 2019 on current undergraduate admission and scholarship criteria to consider implementing alternate options.
Objective: Complete a comprehensive study by end of summer 2019 to analyze students who are admitted to NIU but do not enroll at any college in order to identify barriers to enrollment and strategies for re-engagement.
Objective: Optimize the efficacy of financial awarding, including both institutional aid and Foundation programs, by fall 2020.
Objective: Pilot alternative means of student financial aid support by fall 2020.