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Northern Illinois University campus — Altgeld Hall and Still Hall along College Ave, November 2013
Altgeld Hall and Still Hall along College Ave, November 2013. Campus photograph. · Photo: Alexbaumgarner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, ILPublic HLC

AACSB business · Accounting accreditation on record

Northern Illinois University's Department of Accountancy and Finance in the College of Business offers a B.S. in Accountancy, a Master of Accounting Science and an online Master of Accountancy.

Verified degree programs

3 programs verified so far (1 bachelor's, 2 master's). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

Northern Illinois University

Bachelor of Science in Accountancy

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeFirst-year entry
Format: Campus
Location: Dekalb, IL
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Northern Illinois University

Master of Accountancy (MAC)

Master'sMACDedicated degreeNon-accounting graduatesMaster of Accountancy
Format: Fully online · Part-time
Location: Dekalb, ILSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 33 credits
Tuition: $877.18 per credit · All students — Online Master of Accountancy
Next deadline: January 8, 2027 · Spring 2027
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Northern Illinois University

Master of Accounting Science (MAS)

Master'sMASDedicated degreeAccounting graduatesMaster of Accounting Science
Format: Campus · Online · Mixed (live + self-paced) · Full-time, Part-time
Location: Dekalb, ILSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1915 · next review 08/31/2034

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Business-school accreditation

  • AACSB — accreditedUnit: College of BusinessConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Supplemental accounting accreditation

  • AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: College of BusinessConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026
  • AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: College of BusinessScope: Program page lists AACSB dual accreditation in business and accountingStated by the school; not yet confirmed in the accreditor's directory.Source: cob.niu.edu · verified October 30, 2026

Institutional, business-school and accounting accreditation are three different things, and one never implies another. Each record names its unit and scope as the source gives it.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists associate, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs in its subjects. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, associate degrees, electives-only degrees…).
  • Minor in AccountancyMinor, not a degree program.Source: cob.niu.edu · verified October 30, 2026

Institution

Official name
Northern Illinois University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
1425 W. Lincoln Hwy., Dekalb, IL 60115-2828
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
2,197 of 15,504 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 26, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  2. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. cob.niu.edu/academics/accountancy/bs/index.shtml — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026

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