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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Cost of college went up for all students at the Illinois Institute of Technology

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Tuition and fees rose 3.9 percent for 2018-19 at the Illinois Institute of Technology, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Illinois students paid $47,646 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $1,782 more than the $45,864 charged for 2017-18.

Data shows 100 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 472 students received grants or scholarships totaling $16.4 million and 251 students took out student loans totaling more than $2 million.

Including all undergraduates (6,753), 2,709 students used grants or scholarships totaling $83.8 million, and 1,225 students took out $10.1 million in federal student loans.

The cost of attending
Enrollment2015-162016-172017-182018-19Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state~3,917$43,680$45,214$45,864$47,6469.1%

Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2015-16.
Type of AidNumber of students receiving aidPercent receiving aidTotal amount of aid receivedAverage amount of aid per student
Federal grants14531%$887,647$6,122
State / local grant or scholarship13328%$632,645$4,757
Institutional grants or scholarships472100%$14,853,761$31,470
Grant or scholarship aid total472100%$16,374,053$34,691
Federal student loans24351%$1,715,862$7,061
Other student loans245%$294,744$12,281
Student loan aid25153%$2,010,606$8,010
Total student aid472100%--

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