Northern Illinois University Review

Northern Illinois University is an outstanding school.  It has just faced a horrible tragedy with five people being mowed down by a crazy in a college classroom. Yet the police responded immediately and notices to students/the general public were sent very fast.

Northern IL U is the last place one would expect fo find such a tragedy. Yet no school or institution is secure. 

Northern IL has a pleasant campus in a small town setting about 65 miles west of Chicago.  It has an excellent library, fine professors, superb research facilities, pleasant class buildings and a good college atmosphere. However, it does not have the "fan appeal" of  Notre Dame, Ann Arbor(U. Mich), U. Alabama because a lot of students commute to school.   Also, NIU is not as old or established as U. AZ, U Cal Berkely, Wharton or Stanford. Nor does it have the financial endowments like Yale, Harvard, Princeton etc. 

I earned  a doctorate at NIU and found nice housing reasonably priced within walking or bus riding distance of campus. Graduate classes are smaller and there is greater interaction with professors than in undergraduate programs.  Yet NIU is an excellent school to acquire a solid quality education. Also, its proximity to the Chicago area makes it a great choice in terms of future job opportunties. NIU interacts very well with major employers.

I am proud to have earned my doctorate at NIU!