Public Accountability Report Public Accountability Report

2025 Northeastern Illinois University
Mission Statement Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), as a public, comprehensive university with locations throughout Chicago, provides an exceptional environment for learning, teaching, and scholarship. We prepare a diverse community of students for leadership and service in our region and in a dynamic, multicultural world.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Student Success: Advance student success from recruitment through graduation by engaging all members of the Northeastern community.
    1. Increase the enrollment of both undergraduate and graduate students.
    2. Increase retention and graduation rates for all students and identify and implement high-impact practices for all students, with a special focus on underrepresented populations.
    3. Develop and implement strategies to support the transition and success of first-year and transfer students.
    4. Conduct a comprehensive review of all academic advising services and implement intentional, coordinated strategies that reflect national best practices in advising to increase student satisfaction and success.
    5. Increase resources and support in the areas of admissions, enrollment services, financial aid, student affairs, and academic affairs.
    6. Enhance the quality of service and communication to promote student satisfaction in all areas of the university with a focus on points of entry, such as admissions, financial services, enrollment services, the website, and other critical areas.
  2. Academic Excellence and Innovation: Implement and support curricular and pedagogical best practices aligned with the mission of the institution, student needs, the standards of the disciplines, and career and civic engagement opportunities.
    1. Develop a Statement of Objectives for the master’s degree and explore adding the doctoral degree to the academic portfolio.
    2. Implement and assess the University Core Curriculum.
    3. Support, create, and sustain interdisciplinary courses and programs that lead to higher levels of critical, analytical, and integrated learning.
    4. Focus on academic programs linked to regional economic development and workforce demands for a global society.
    5. Support and create academic and professional development opportunities for students through internships, international study, research, service learning, and career services.
    6. Enhance and expand academic offerings and resources at CCICS.
    7. Integrate culturally relevant pedagogy and content throughout the curriculum.
    8. Increase high-quality hybrid and online curricula throughout the university.
    9. Prioritize resource allocation to learning resource centers and support centers.
  3. Urban Leadership: Build on Northeastern’s tradition of community partnership and engagement by collaborating with educational, social service, governmental, philanthropic, and business organizations in Chicago and the region.
    1. Collaborate with local and regional schools, community organizations, and parents to vertically align knowledge, skills, and dispositions across K-12 schooling to prepare students to succeed at Northeastern or other postsecondary institutions.
    2. Position and promote Northeastern as a leading Hispanic-serving institution in the recruitment, retention, and graduation of Latino students.
    3. Increase Northeastern’s presence across diverse urban communities through intentional marketing.
    4. Encourage and support programs that expand understandings of our urban metropolis, with emphasis on our community partners.
    5. Encourage and support programs and research that focus on contemporary urban issues, such as education reform, immigration, economic development, and the environment.
    6. Enhance Northeastern’s marketing and public relations plan, inclusive of community outreach, to expand internal, local, regional, national, and international awareness of our urban leadership efforts.
    7. Promote CCICS, El Centro, and CCAS as examples of Northeastern’s commitment to urban leadership.
  4. Exemplary Faculty and Staff: Invest in and support faculty and staff to foster a nationally recognized urban university and create a thriving work environment that makes Northeastern an employer of choice.
    1. Intentionally recruit and retain faculty and staff who understand and support Northeastern’s mission and the students we serve.
    2. Enhance scholarship, professional development, and training for faculty and staff.
    3. Use support systems and programs to build and foster a culture of mutual respect and collegiality across the university.
    4. Provide ongoing professional development to support culturally relevant pedagogical approaches from new faculty orientation onward.
    5. Increase collaboration and accountability across all units of the university.
    6. Develop an effective application of shared governance at Northeastern.
  5. Enhanced University Operations: Improve operating efficiencies, physical and technological infrastructure and systems, and environmental sustainability to provide a supportive learning, teaching, and working environment.
    1. Ensure that all classroom, laboratory, office, student, and support spaces accommodate current needs and long-term growth.
    2. Enhance the residential life component consistent with the mission of the university.
    3. Invest in and implement technology applications and infrastructure to maximize academic and operational goals.
    4. Establish environmental sustainability as a key element of Northeastern’s identity through green design and activities such as increasing recycling, reducing waste, conserving energy, and digitizing processes.
    5. Streamline and redesign operational and financial workflows and processes to improve service quality and productivity.
    6. Ensure the continued safety and security of the university so that all facilities and infrastructure, including technology and critical data, are protected, and that campus security and emergency preparedness are continually monitored and enhanced.
  6. Fiscal Strength: Enhance Northeastern’s financial position by diversifying revenue sources and strengthening institutional relationships with donors, public and private entities, and alumni.
    1. Increase external funding, including grants, that supports programming critical to Northeastern’s mission.
    2. Strategically plan for future Title V and other minority-serving institution grant applications using data and outcome analyses from current funds.
    3. Increase advocacy efforts with federal and state governments to secure appropriations for the university.
    4. Increase private, corporate, foundation, and other philanthropic support for the university.
    5. Generate revenue by leveraging Northeastern’s assets (such as space rentals, fees for services, and continuing education programs) while continuing to prioritize university need.
Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Education Assistance Fund Statutory Authority 110 ILCS 680
Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
Input Indicators
Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) N/A $ 113,975.9 N/A $ 113,595.5 $ 146,884.7
Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) N/A $ 41,258.7 N/A $ 39,959.5 $ 37,345.3
Average monthly full-time equivalents N/A 880.0 N/A 801.0 881.0
Total staff - all sources N/A 1,251 N/A 1,220 979.0
Total staff - state appropriated funds N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Output Indicators
Undergraduate headcount enrollment 4,246 4,226 4,226 4,042 4,207
Total headcount enrollment 5,778 5,734 5,734 5,504 5,756
Percentage: Part-time student enrollment 46.00% 48.00% 48.00% 47.50% 48.80%
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: African American, black N/A 79.0 N/A 72.0 90.0
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: American Indian, Alaskan Native N/A 1.0 N/A 0.0 1.0
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: Asian N/A 77.0 N/A 93.0 116.0
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: Hispanic N/A 414.0 N/A 361.0 476.0
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander N/A 1.0 N/A 1.0 1.0
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: white N/A 183.0 N/A 213.0 257.0
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: two or more races N/A 27.0 N/A 16.0 21.0
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: nonresident N/A 11.0 N/A 8.0 0.0
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: not indicated N/A 79.0 N/A 101.0 87.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: African American, black N/A 29.0 N/A 31.0 27.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: American Indian, Alaskan Native N/A 2.0 N/A 0.0 3.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: Asian N/A 23.0 N/A 30.0 49.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: Hispanic N/A 159.0 N/A 134.0 157.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander N/A 0.0 N/A 0.0 0.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: white N/A 152.0 N/A 197.0 248.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: two or more races N/A 12.0 N/A 9.0 4.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: nonresident N/A 31.0 N/A 35.0 0.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by race/ethnicity: not indicated N/A 18.0 N/A 31.0 25.0
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by gender: female N/A 516.0 N/A 515.0 636.0
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by gender: male N/A 356.0 N/A 350.0 413.0
Baccalaureate degree completions (number) by gender: not indicated N/A 0.0 N/A 0.0 0.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by gender: female N/A 298.0 N/A 305.0 351.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by gender: male N/A 128.0 N/A 162.0 162.0
Graduate and professional degree completions (number) by gender: not indicated N/A 0.0 N/A 0.0 0.0
Outcome Indicators
Six-year graduation rate: first-time, full-time students N/A 21.60% 21.00% 16.80% 18.70%
Six-year graduation rate: first-time, full-time Pell recipients N/A 21.60% 21.00% 15.10% 19.40%
Retention rate: first-time, full-time students N/A 52.30% 62.00% 61.00% 62.70%
Retention rate: new transfer cohort N/A 78.20% 76.00% 75.90% 77.30%
Percentage of first-time, full-time students who are Illinois residents N/A 97.00% 97.00% 97.10% 94.50%
Percentage of graduates, not subsequently enrolled, with stable employment one year after graduation N/A N/A N/A N/A 79.90%
Percentage of graduates, not subsequently enrolled, with stable employment earning 20% more than the typical high school graduate in Illinois one year after graduation N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Annual number of students completing teacher preparation programs N/A 106.0 N/A 115.0 143.0
Annual number of students completing nursing programs N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Annual number of students completing law programs N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Annual number of students completing medical programs N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Annual number of students completing dentistry programs N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Institutional pass rate: National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX) - nursing (RN) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Institutional pass rate: Illinois Bar Exam - law N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Institutional pass rate: United States Medical Licensing Exam, Step 2 - Clinical Knowledge N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Institutional pass rate: Integrated National Dental Board Exam (INDBE) - dentistry N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators
Instructional cost per credit hour: all instructional levels N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Percentage of total expenditures (all sources) devoted to Instruction N/A 39.20% N/A 45.30% 43.10%
Percentage of total expenditures (all sources) devoted to Research and Public Service N/A 4.70% N/A 4.30% 4.50%
Percentage of total expenditures (all sources) devoted to Academic and Student Support N/A 25.00% N/A 22.20% 28.10%
Percentage of total expenditures (all sources) devoted to all other programs N/A 31.00% N/A 28.20% 24.30%
Undergraduate degrees and certificates per 100 full-time-equivalent students (based on 30 credit hours) N/A 28.6 N/A 33.5 36.1
Undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees: annual (based on 30 credit hours) (in dollars) N/A $ 15,928.50 N/A $ 15,434.00 $ 15,434.00
Percentage of undergraduate students receiving institutional need-based aid N/A 23.30% N/A 46.00% 18.70%
Percentage of undergraduate students receiving MAP N/A 60.80% N/A 59.00% 59.80%
Percentage of undergraduate students receiving Pell N/A 60.50% N/A 56.00% 56.90%
External Benchmarks
Undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees as a percentage of Illinois median income (a) N/A 22.10% N/A 19.20% 22.60%
Footnotes
Source: https://ywcachicago.org/blog-all/new-census-data-on-illinois-household-income-poverty-health-coverage

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