University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign vs University of Notre Dame

Champaign, IL · Notre Dame, IN · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair IL:IN

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-GAP · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE IL × IN
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-RACE · narrow · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Nearly parallel enrollment growth

ENROLL-RACE · narrow · 2013–2023

Undergraduate headcount rose at both University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Notre Dame across 2013–2023 on similar paces, while acceptance rates tightened on both sides, a growth-under-squeeze pattern rather than a pure size race.

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: enrollment grew +9.3% over 2013–2023; fitted +266 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.
  • University of Notre Dame: enrollment grew +5.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +61 students/yr fitted, r² 0.89.
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: acceptance rate tightened -30.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.47).
  • University of Notre Dame: acceptance rate tightened -44.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.87).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign vs University of Notre Dame

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on in-state tuition ($16,004 vs $65,025 at University of Notre Dame)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of Notre Dame leads on acceptance rate (11.3% vs 42.4% at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on avg net price ($14,355 vs $26,780 at University of Notre Dame)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Notre Dame?
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on in-state tuition at $16,004 versus $65,025 at University of Notre Dame. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Notre Dame?
University of Notre Dame leads on acceptance rate at 11.3% versus 42.4% at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Notre Dame?
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on avg net price at $14,355 versus $26,780 at University of Notre Dame. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025