Champaign, IL · Public
42.4%
Acceptance rate
1,418
SAT Average
$15,201
Avg net price
34,623
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 9,218Master’s 6,711Doctoral 1,280 |
| Bachelor’s 1,906Master’s 706Doctoral 306 |
| Bachelor’s 896Master’s 1,547Doctoral 94 |
| Bachelor’s 877Master’s 2,488Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 645Master’s 100Doctoral 35 |
| Bachelor’s 547Master’s 19Doctoral 25 |
| Bachelor’s 509Master’s 74Doctoral 59 |
| Bachelor’s 495Master’s 282Doctoral 38 |
| Bachelor’s 475Master’s 185Doctoral 166 |
| Bachelor’s 473Master’s 47Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 470Master’s 195Doctoral 12 |
| Bachelor’s 360Master’s 59Doctoral 57 |
| Bachelor’s 316Master’s 39Doctoral 15 |
| Bachelor’s 229Master’s 253Doctoral 107 |
| Bachelor’s 201Master’s 66Doctoral 105 |
| Bachelor’s 197Master’s 70Doctoral 30 |
| Bachelor’s 108Master’s 7Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 98Master’s 76Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 91Master’s 5Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 84Master’s 25Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 77Master’s 176Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 66Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 44Master’s 29Doctoral 18 |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s 3Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s 11Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s 141Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 108Doctoral 156 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Big Ten Conference
Projected sponsored sports21
Athletic participation
479 unique student-athletes · 17 varsity teams
Early Action
Decision released by Jan 29
Regular Decision
Decision released by Feb 26
FAFSA due Mar 15
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $12,712
- Required fees
- $3,292
- Food and housing
- $14,522
- Books and supplies
- $1,200
- Other expenses
- $2,500
- Total
- $34,226
- $30,3022019–2019–20
- $31,1022020–2120–21
- $31,6362021–2221–22
- $32,1342022–2322–23
- $33,6422023–2423–24
- $34,2262024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $15,201 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 41%
- Average share of need met
- 82%
- Average need-based grant
- $25,878
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign runs a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign admits in-state applicants at 49.3%, out-of-state applicants at 29%, and international applicants at 30.5%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
9,207 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 24% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
43% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
14% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 22% who submitted class rank.
High-school class rank
Among the 22% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign rates 6 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Class rank
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Talent / ability
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- First generation
- Very important
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leaves 2 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $15,201 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 3,652 of 9,004 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
94.3% of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s first-years return for a second year and 84.9% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03