DeKALB – NIU students mostly originate from Illinois and the surrounding states.
The data from the map is from Fall 2024.
There are 13,462 students from Illinois. The state where the second most students originate from is Wisconsin with 198 students.
In third is Indiana with 83 students. Despite its distance, Texas is the state the fourth most students are from with 59 students.
Michigan, Iowa, California and Florida rank closely behind with at least 45 each.
