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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign vs Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Champaign, IL · Blacksburg, VA · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair IL:VA

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-PAR · NET-SPLIT · EARN-PAR · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-NET

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × VA
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Both grew, one campus expanded much faster

ENROLL-RACE · wide · 2013–2023

Undergraduate headcount rose at both University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University across 2013–2023, with a wide pace gap, while acceptance rates tightened on both sides. Growth plus a shared selectivity squeeze is the board's distinctive shape.

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: enrollment grew +27.2% over 2013–2023; fitted +733 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: enrollment grew +9.3% over 2013–2023; fitted +266 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: acceptance rate tightened -30.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.47).
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: acceptance rate tightened -18.9% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.77).

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 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on avg net price ($14,355 vs $24,953 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on acceptance rate (42.4% vs 54.8% at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on median debt at graduation ($19,500 vs $21,500 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University?▼
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on avg net price at $14,355 versus $24,953 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University?▼
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on acceptance rate at 42.4% versus 54.8% at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University?▼
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on median debt at graduation at $19,500 versus $21,500 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025