Colleges in Illinois
Illinois has 90 private and 12 public 4-year colleges that enroll 47,815 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $27,925 for in-state students and $33,980 for out-of-state and international students.
Private colleges in Illinois charge around $30,606 per year in tuition regardless of residency.
In the 2020-2021 academic year, Illinois provided $102.3 million in financial aid to 19,589 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $632.5 million in grants and scholarships to 39,926 students.
Illinois receives 2.3% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19,407 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $94.8 million in pell grant ($4,611 per student on average), and 25,566 students received a total amount of $137.5 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($5,835 per student on average).
| Net price | Acceptance Rate | Graduation Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist College 4 year | $25,955 | 100.0% | 87.5% |
| University of Chicago 4 year | $36,584 | 96.0% | 7.3% |
| Northwestern University 4 year | $28,344 | 95.0% | 9.3% |
| Wheaton College 4 year | $27,474 | 87.6% | 87.0% |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 year | $13,517 | 86.2% | 63.3% |
| Illinois Wesleyan University 4 year | $32,545 | 82.0% | 56.9% |
| Fox College 2 year | $13,195 | 78.3% | 50.0% |
| Augustana College 4 year | $24,233 | 76.6% | 57.4% |
| Loyola University Chicago 4 year | $37,731 | 76.1% | 70.5% |
| Bradley University 4 year | $25,850 | 75.5% | 73.3% |
| Lake Forest College 4 year | $26,968 | 75.2% | 57.6% |
| Principia College 4 year | $15,630 | 75.2% | 93.2% |
| VanderCook College of Music 4 year | $25,764 | 72.0% | 100.0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology 4 year | $28,161 | 71.8% | 60.7% |
| DePaul University 4 year | $33,319 | 71.2% | 70.2% |
| Knox College 4 year | $23,266 | 71.0% | 70.8% |
| Lewis University 4 year | $20,022 | 69.9% | 66.1% |
| Elmhurst University 4 year | $21,776 | 68.4% | 65.5% |
| Illinois College 4 year | $17,544 | 68.3% | 75.2% |
| Illinois State University 4 year | $20,933 | 68.1% | 81.3% |