College · Private nonprofit · Jacksonville, IL · Town
Illinois College
Jacksonville, IL
Religious affiliation
Admit rate78%
6-yr median pay$40k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size930
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $18k/yr for a shot at a $40k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 78% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1064 · ACT 21.
If you get in
930 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $49k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $18k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$196k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$73k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$123k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $38.7k
- Room & board
- $12.0k
How students pay for it.
Pell grants38%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans83%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention70%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr64%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$40k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$53k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 930
- Location
- Jacksonville, IL
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White72%
- Hispanic10%
- Black9%
- Unknown3%
- International3%
- Two or more races2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students31%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$59k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 45
What you can study.