by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Illinois Institute of Technology was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is computer science.
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College Factual ranked Illinois Tech as #610 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Illinois Tech is also ranked #23 out of 85 schools in Illinois.
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Illinois Institute of Technology has an acceptance rate of 61%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Illinois Tech.
About 42% of students accepted to Illinois Tech submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 680. Math scores were between 610 and 730.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Illinois Institute of Technology, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Institute of Technology is 57%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Illinois Institute of Technology has a freshmen retention rate of 85%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Illinois Tech this rate is 38%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,122 undergraduates at Illinois Tech with 2,816 being full-time and 306 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,815 | $20,084 | $21,445 | $23,776 | $30,343 |
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 Tech, 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 Tech, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $7,227 a year. That adds up to $28,908 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Illinois Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 10 West 35Th Street, Chicago, IL 60616 |
| Phone: | 312-567-3000 |
| Website: | https://www.iit.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 241 | $86,005 |
| Law | 233 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 146 | $61,313 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 133 | $65,386 |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 109 | $37,948 |
| Legal Research | 98 | NA |
| Electrical Engineering | 84 | $69,966 |
| Computer Engineering | 60 | $81,252 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 52 | $48,572 |
| Civil Engineering | 51 | $71,760 |
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, 2,675 students took at least one online class at Illinois Institute of Technology. This is an increase from the 2,636 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,675 | 1,012 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,636 | 884 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,316 | 926 |
| 2018-2019 | 970 | 274 |
Learn more about online learning at Illinois Institute of Technology.
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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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