36.6%
30,384 admitted
from 83,045 apps
Applications83,045
Overall admit rate36.6%
Enrolled9,207 · 30.3% yield
Admitted from waitlist1 of 6,826
Very important factorsGPA, Character, Extracurriculars, First-gen, Rigor of HS record, Talent
Important factorsApplication essay
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
$12,992
in-state tuition
out-of-state $34,338
Tuition (in-state)$12,992
Tuition (out-of-state)$34,338
Fees$5,054
Room & board$15,184
Books$1,200
Avg need-based grant$24,235
% need met79.0%
#1
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Business Specialties: Accounting
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Accounting#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Biological/Agricultural (Doctorate)#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Software Engineering#326
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Environmental/Environmental Health (Doctorate)#326
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Computer Systems#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Mobile/Web Applications#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Civil (Doctorate)#426
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceBig Ten Conference16
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPublic college153
Geographic groupingIllinois colleges13
ForbesNew Public Ivy—
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
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no application-fee data
Admissions URLhttps://www.admissions.illinois.edu/appl…
Admissions emailadmissions@illinois.edu
Admissions phone217-333-0302
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Purdue University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Purdue University IN · Public43.4%136043K
University of Michigan MI · Public16.4%147035K
University of Wisconsin WI · Public40.8%145039K
Penn State University Park PA · Public—1340—
Indiana University IN · Public——37K
Ohio State University OH · Public49.2%138046K
University of Minnesota MN · Public77.1%140042K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.