Chicago, IL · Public
77.3%
Acceptance rate
1,242
SAT Average
$12,313
Avg net price
21,814
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 5,034Master’s 2,096Doctoral 1,406 |
| Bachelor’s 893Master’s 404Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 753Master’s 483Doctoral 805 |
| Bachelor’s 601Master’s 219Doctoral 35 |
| Bachelor’s 510Master’s 55Doctoral 42 |
| Bachelor’s 488Master’s 216Doctoral 62 |
| Bachelor’s 446Master’s 15Doctoral 21 |
| Bachelor’s 198Master’s 26Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 185Master’s 169Doctoral 47 |
| Bachelor’s 134Master’s 25Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 121Master’s 6Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 100Master’s 15Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 83Master’s 25Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 78Master’s 1Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 76Master’s 71Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 75Master’s 15Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 73Master’s 22Doctoral 33 |
| Bachelor’s 61Master’s 48Doctoral 23 |
| Bachelor’s 43Master’s 7Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 28Master’s 2Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s 20Doctoral 11 |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s 239Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s 12Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s 1Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral 277 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Missouri Valley Conference
Projected sponsored sports18
Athletic participation
321 unique student-athletes · 14 varsity teams
Fall 2027 First Year Early Action
Decision released by Dec 15 · FAFSA due Nov 2
Fall 2027 First Year Regular Decision
FAFSA due Mar 15
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $11,178
- Required fees
- $3,160
- Food and housing
- $16,500
- Books and supplies
- $1,400
- Other expenses
- $6,026
- Total
- $38,264
- $31,3812019–2019–20
- $30,9682020–2120–21
- $31,1762021–2221–22
- $35,8722022–2322–23
- $36,3642023–2423–24
- $38,2642024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $12,313 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
- 72%
- Average share of need met
- 53%
- Average need-based grant
- $18,699
- Required forms
- FAFSA and State aid form
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 Chicago’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 Chicago admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
University of Illinois Chicago 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 Chicago withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
5,405 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 32% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
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
47% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
4% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
University of Illinois Chicago’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 98.6% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 36% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.45
High-school class rank
Among the 36% 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 Chicago rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- First generation
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
University of Illinois Chicago leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7)
University of Illinois Chicago'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); $12,313 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 3,140 of 4,345 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 Chicago offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed78.4% of University of Illinois Chicago’s first-years return for a second year and 60.3% 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