ABA Standard 509 Consumer Information
- b1 - Admissions Data
- b2 - Tuition, Fees, Living Costs and Financial Aid
- b3 - Conditional Scholarship Retention Data
- b4 - Enrollment Data and Attrition/Graduation Rates
- b5 - Number of Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty and Administrators
- b6 - Class Sizes and Seminar, Clinical and Co-Curricular Offerings
- b7 - Employment Outcomes
- b8 - Bar Passage Data
- c1 - Refund Policies
- c2 - Curricular Offerings, Academic Calendar, and Academic Requirements
- c3 - Transfer of Credit Policies
b1 - Admissions Data
Admissions Data can be found as part of the NIU College of Law ABA Standard 509 Report (PDF).
b2 - Tuition, Fees, Living Costs, and Financial Aid
- Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs can be found as part of the NIU College of Law ABA Standard 509 Report (PDF).
b3 - Conditional Scholarship Retention Data
| Students Matriculating In | # Entering with Conditional Scholarships | # Whose Conditional Scholarships Have Since Been Reduced or Eliminated |
| 2013 | 20 | 5 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1 |
| 2011 | 12 | 4 |
b4 - Enrollment Data and Attrition/Graduation Rates
Enrollment Data and Attrition/Graduation Rates can be found as part of the NIU College of Law ABA Standard 509 Report (PDF).
b5 - Number of Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty, Professional Librarians and Administrators
The number of Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty, Professional Librarians and Administrators for the NIU College of Law can be found as part of the NIU College of Law ABA Standard 509 Report (PDF).
b6 - Class Sizes and Seminar, Clinical and Co-Curricular Offerings
- Class Sizes for first year and upper class courses can be found in the "caps" column of the latest class schedules.
- Seminar, Clinical and Co-Curricular Offerings can be found on the Academic Programs index.
b7 - Employment Outcomes
Class of 2013 Summary Employment Report
NIU College of Law Class of 2013 Summary Employment Report (PDF)
The document is prepared by the National Association for Law Placement, July 2014. Please note that disclosure of an individual's salary is voluntary and many graduates choose, for privacy reasons, to decline to participate in that part of the survey. In order to avoid inadvertent disclosure of individualized information, a minimum of 5 salaries is required for salary analysis in a category. Categories with less than 5 salaries reported are indicated with a ∙ sign. Categories that do not include any graduates are not shown.
American Bar Association Class of 2013 employment summary (PDF)
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Class of 2012 Summary Employment Report
NIU College of Law Class of 2012 Summary Employment Report (PDF)
The document is prepared by the National Association for Law Placement, July 2013. Please note that disclosure of an individual's salary is voluntary and many graduates choose, for privacy reasons, to decline to participate in that part of the survey. In order to avoid inadvertent disclosure of individualized information, a minimum of 5 salaries is required for salary analysis in a category. Categories with less than 5 salaries reported are indicated with a ∙ sign. Categories that do not include any graduates are not shown.
American Bar Association Class of 2012 employment summary (PDF)
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Class of 2011 Summary Employment Report
NIU College of Law Class of 2011 Summary Employment Report (PDF)
The document is prepared by the National Association for Law Placement, June 2012. Please note that disclosure of an individual's salary is voluntary and many graduates choose, for privacy reasons, to decline to participate in that part of the survey. In order to avoid inadvertent disclosure of individualized information, a minimum of 5 salaries is required for salary analysis in a category. Categories with less than 5 salaries reported are indicated with a ∙ sign. Categories that do not include any graduates are not shown.
American Bar Association Class of 2011 employment summary (PDF)
b8 - Bar Passage Data
| Exam | #First Time Takers from NIU COL | #First Time Takers Pass From NIU COL | Pass Rate NIU COL |
| Feb. 2012 | 5 | 5 | 100.00% |
| July 2012 | 75 | 64 | 85.33% |
| Feb. 2013 | 8 | 8 | 100.00% |
| July 2013 | 95 | 82 | 86.32% |
| Feb. 2014 | 12 | 11 | 91.67% |
| July 2014 | 76 | 63 | 82.89% |
c1 - Refund Policies
Refund policies can be found on the Admission - Refund Policies page.
c2 - Curricular Offerings, Academic Calendar, and Academic Requirements
- Curricular Offerings can be found on the Academic Programs index.
- Academic Requirements can be found on the Academic Programs index.
c3 - Transfer of Credit Policies
Transfer of Credit Policies can be found on the Transfer and Visiting Students Apply/Check Status page.