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Cost of college was unchanged for all students at City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College

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In-state tuition and fees was unchanged for 2017-18 at City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

Illinois residents paid $8,126 to attend the two-year public institution in both the 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years.

Non-resident students would have paid 46.5 percent more than residents this year, or $11,906. Non-resident tuition and fees was unchanged from $11,906 in 2016-17.

About 99 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Illinois residents. And about 1 percent are citizens of other countries.

Data shows 71 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 597 students received grants or scholarships totaling $2.93 million and 18 students took out student loans totaling more than $61,496.

Including all undergraduates, 3,752 students used grants or scholarships totaling $13.54 million. Another 306 took out $1.02 million in federal student loans.

The cost of attending
Enrollment
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
Change in tuition and fees 2014-15 to 2017-18
In-state
~10,053
$6,460
$8,126
$8,126
$8,126
25.8%
Out-of-state
0
$7,891
$11,906
$11,906
$11,906
50.9%

Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College in 2015-16.
Type of Aid
Number of students receiving aid
Percent receiving aid
Total amount of aid received
Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants
480
56%
$2,000,925
$4,169
State / local grant or scholarship
175
21%
$177,911
$1,017
Institutional grants or scholarships
214
25%
$752,558
$3,517
Grant or scholarship aid total
597
70%
$2,931,394
$4,910
Federal student loans
18
2%
$61,496
$3,416
Other student loans
0
0%
$0
Student loan aid
18
2%
$61,496
$3,416
Total student aid
606
71%

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