Transfer Admission Criteria
Applicants who have attempted up to and including 12 semester hours of credit will be evaluated as freshmen for admission purposes and must meet the current freshman admission requirements. The grade point average earned for the attempted 12 hours or less will not affect the admission decision. (This policy has been developed to encourage students to take advantage of local postsecondary educational opportunities, either during their senior year in high school or during the summer before NIU enrollment, without jeopardizing their admission to Northern.)

Applicants who have attempted more than 12 semester hours but who have earned fewer than 24 semester hours of transferable college-level credit at the time of application must:
  1. Have at least a C grade point average (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) from all colleges attended (as computed by NIU standards).
  2. Be in good standing at the last college attended.
  3. Satisfy Northern's competitive transfer grade point average.
  4. Meet the current freshman admission criteria (which may be higher than the published minimum).
Applicants who have earned between 24 and 59 semester hours of transferable college-level credit at the time of application must:
  1. Have at least a C grade point average (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) from all colleges attended (as computed by NIU standards).
  2. Be in good standing at the last college attended.
  3. Satisfy Northern's competitive transfer grade point average.
Applicants who have earned 60 or more semester hours of transferable college-level credit at the time of application must:
  1. Have at least a C grade point average (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) from all colleges attended (as computed by NIU standards).
  2. Be in good standing at the last college attended.
Illinois public community college graduates
Students who did not previously attend NIU who graduate from an Illinois public community college having earned the baccalaureate-oriented Associate of Arts (AA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree or the Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree in Early Childhood, Secondary Math, or Special Education will be admitted to NIU with junior standing and all NIU general education requirements will be considered complete.

An Illinois public community college graduate with an Associate in Engineering Science, Associate in Fine Arts, or Associate in Arts in Teaching degree in Secondary Science is eligible for admission to NIU but is not eligible for the benefits indicated above.

Please note
Enrollment in courses offered at NIU that fulfill NIU's core competency graduation requirement in mathematics requires an entry-skill level, determined through placement testing and/or explicit prerequisites, at least equal to that expected from the successful completion of an intermediate algebra course. Such a course is not offered by NIU; however, an intermediate algebra course offered by Kishwaukee College can be taken on the NIU campus.

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