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College Factual ranked Illinois College as #1,675 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Illinois College also holds the #69 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.
The acceptance rate at Illinois College is 77%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Illinois College is a good fit for you.
About 44% of students accepted to Illinois College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 560. Math scores were between 480 and 566.
The student to faculty ratio at Illinois College is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Illinois College is 77%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Illinois College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Illinois College for first-time, full-time students is 63%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Illinois College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,154 undergraduates at Illinois College with 1,129 being full-time and 25 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,642 | $11,770 | $14,915 | $19,880 | $22,654 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Illinois College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Illinois College, approximately 87% of students took out student loans averaging $6,306 a year. That adds up to $25,224 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of Illinois College.
Contact details for Illinois College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1101 West College Ave, Jacksonville, IL 62650-2299 |
| Phone: | 217-245-3000 |
| Website: | www.ic.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 52 | $37,925 |
| General Biology | 29 | $31,438 |
| General Psychology | 22 | $31,386 |
| Agricultural Economics & Business | 20 | NA |
| Accounting | 20 | $50,017 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 16 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 15 | $55,155 |
| Nursing | 15 | NA |
| Economics | 14 | NA |
| Criminology | 13 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 81 students took at least one online class at Illinois College. This is an increase from the 74 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 81 | 81 |
| 2021-2022 | 74 | 74 |
| 2020-2021 | 57 | 57 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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