University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign operates as a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 36,258 students of which 37,468 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is categorized as “15” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 42.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,440 and an ACT midpoint of 32. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $14,355, with published in-state tuition of $16,004 and a Pell grant recipient share of 23.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $19,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 85.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 94.8%. Graduates earn a median of $81,054 ten years after enrolling, compared with $64,802 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 854700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 79.9% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.