About the Institution
Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is a public state university located in Chicago, Illinois. The main campus is located in the community area of North Park with three additional campuses in the metropolitan area. Tracing its founding to 1867, it was first established as a separate branch of a public college in 1949. NEIU continues to meet the demand for quality, affordable education along with annually serving 12,000 students in the region.
The school ranked top both in the most ethnically diverse university and for students with the least amount of debt upon graduation in the Midwest region according to U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2011. In addition, NEIU ranked among top universities in Top Degree Producers according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education across the nation. Also, NEIU is a federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution.
NEIU has one of the longest running free form community radio stations, WZRD Chicago 88.3 FM.
Undergrad Programs / Areas offered :
Anthropology Environmental Studies Political Science
Art French Psychology
Biology Geography Social Work
Chemistry History Sociology
Communication
Media
Theatre Justice Studies Spanish
Computer Science Mathematics Women?s Studies
Earth Science Music TESL/TEFL
Economics Philosophy
English Physics
Graduate Programs / Areas offered :
M.S. in Biology
M.S. in Chemistry
M.S. in Computer Science
M.S. in Earth Science
M.A. in English
M.A. in Geography & Environmental Studies
M.A. in Gerontology
M.A. in History
M.A. in Linguistics
M.S. in Mathematics
M.A. in Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers
M.A. in Music
M.A. in Political Science
M.A. in Speech
M.A. in Teaching English as Secondary/Foreign Language
North America 
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