Colleges in Illinois
Solyo has full profiles for 14 colleges in Illinois: 4 public, 10 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $24,595 a year after grant aid, $3,030 above the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 77% of applicants. They sit across 10 cities, concentrated in Chicago, Carbondale, Champaign.
What Illinois costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Illinois public university is $16,004 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where an out-of-state family pays $19,120 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $10,974 at University of Illinois Chicago to $49,790 at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Illinois.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Illinois schools are
University of Chicago admits 4% of applicants and Illinois State University admits 88%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Illinois is 1554 at University of Chicago.
Every Illinois college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois · Private nonprofit4% acceptance · $14,860 net price · 1554 avg SAT
- Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois · Private nonprofit8% acceptance · $29,167 net price · 1533 avg SAT
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois · Public42% acceptance · $14,355 net price · 1440 avg SAT
- Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, Illinois · Private nonprofit57% acceptance · $28,673 net price · 1343 avg SAT
- Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois · Private nonprofit63% acceptance · $22,736 net price · 1165 avg SAT
- Knox CollegeGalesburg, Illinois · Private nonprofit71% acceptance · $24,595 net price · 1326 avg SAT
- DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois · Private nonprofit76% acceptance · $30,902 net price · 1262 avg SAT
- Bradley UniversityPeoria, Illinois · Private nonprofit77% acceptance · $22,719 net price
- University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois · Public77% acceptance · $10,974 net price · 1250 avg SAT
- School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, Illinois · Private nonprofit77% acceptance · $49,790 net price
- Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois · Private nonprofit82% acceptance · $36,079 net price · 1297 avg SAT
- Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois · Public87% acceptance · $13,297 net price · 1055 avg SAT
- Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois · Private nonprofit87% acceptance · $26,975 net price · 1380 avg SAT
- Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois · Public88% acceptance · $19,398 net price · 1113 avg SAT
Other Midwest states
On median net price Illinois is the 11th most affordable of the 12 Midwest states in this directory, and the 6th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
Where to go next
- College search filter Illinois and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
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