Academic Prestige

• NIU is ranked in the “Research Universities - High Activity” category by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, based on our breadth of undergraduate and graduate academic programs and extent of research activity.
• Many of NIU’s academic programs are nationally accredited for meeting the highest standards of academic quality and rigor, including business, engineering, nursing, visual and performing arts, and all teacher certification programs. See a complete list.
• NIU’s memberships include the most prestigious public university association, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities; and the elite Universities Research Association, a group that includes Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.
• NIU’s unique agreement with the University of Illinois at Chicago guarantees admission of top NIU students into UIC’s College of Pharmacy, ranked as one of the nation’s premier pharmacy programs.