Campus Fast Facts

Illinois College | Fall 2024 Fact Sheet

Total Online Enrollment

Headcount enrollment: 120 (including 5 graduate students)
Full-time students: 61
Part-time students: 59
Degree/Certificate seeking students: 119
Female students: 77.7% (86); Male students: 28.3% (34)

Total On-campus Undergraduate Enrollment

Headcount enrollment: 822
Full-time students: 818
Part-time students: 4
Degree-seeking students: 814
Students from Illinois: 77.1% (634)
Low-income students: 29.0% (238)
% of degree-seeking students receiving financial aid: 99%
Biological sex
Female students: 49.4% (406)
Male students: 50.6% (416)
Ethnicity/Race
African American students: 8.8% (86)
Asian students: 1.0% (8)
Caucasian students: 70.0% (575)
Hispanic students of any race: 10.0% (82)
International students: 4.5% (37)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 0.0% (0)
Two or more races: 2.4% (20)
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.5% (4)
Not Reported/Unknown students: 2.9% (24)
Residence of FT Students
On-campus: 90.5% (740)
Off-campus: 9.5% (78)
% of Beds occupied: 83.4% (740/887)
Student Origins
Number of other states represented: 26
Number of other countries represented: 26

New Full-time, Degree-seeking, On-campus Transfers

New full-time, degree-seeking transfer students: 36
Female students: 41.7% (15); Male students: 58.3% (21)

First-Time, First-Year, On-Campus Student Enrollment

Headcount enrollment of all new first-year students: 245
Female students: 45.7% (112); Male students: 54.3% (133)
Low-income students: 17.6% (43)
Ethnicity/Race of all new first-year students
African-American students: 9.8% (24)
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0% (0)
Asian students: 0.0% (0)
Caucasian: 73.1% (179)
Hispanic students of any race: 9.0% (22)
International students: 3.3% (8)
Two or more races: 1.6% (4)
Unknown: 3.3% (8)

Academic Characteristics of Entering FY Students

Average ACT Total Composite score: 22.5
ACT Total Composite middle 50%: 19 - 26
ACT Math middle 50%: 17 - 26
ACT English middle 50%: 16 - 24
ACT Reading middle 50%: 18 - 29
ACT Science middle 50%: 19 - 28
Average SAT Total Composite score: 1050
SAT Total Composite middle 50%: 930 - 1175
SAT Math middle 50%: 430 - 590
SAT EBRW (Rdng. & Wrtng.) middle 50%: 450 - 590 
Average HS GPA for first-year class: 3.67
HS GPA middle 50% for first-year class: 3.40 - 4.00
Percent in top 10% of HS graduating class: 21.7%
Percent in top 25% of HS graduating class: 41.4%
Percent in top 33% of HS graduating class: 54.1%
Percent in top 50% of HS graduating class: 76.4%

(Statistics were reported for the following percentages of fall 2024 entering first-year students: 9.4% for ACT stats, 36.3% for SAT stats, 94.7% for HS GPA stats, and 64.1% for class rank stats)

Retention and Graduation Rates

Most recent 1st yr. persistence rate (2023 cohort): 70.6%
Most recent 4-year graduation rate (2020 cohort): 52.2% 
Most recent 5-year graduation rate (2019 cohort): 59.7%
Most recent 6-year graduation rate (2018 cohort): 62.8%

Graduate Outcomes (6 months out)

Graduate school attendance rate: 18% (3-yr. avg.)
Employment rate: 79% (3-yr. avg.)
Employed, attending grad. school, or both: 94% (3-yr. avg.)

Faculty (based on IPEDS definitions)

Full-time: 67; Part-time: 20 (excluding online)
Percentage of FT faculty with a terminal degree: 89.6%
Percentage of FT faculty who have tenure: 47.8%
Student/Faculty Ratio: 11.3:1 (excluding online)

Academics

# of majors offered: 37; # of minors offered: 44
# of degrees conferred for 2023-24 (IPEDS): 256
Top majors in 2023-24 (degrees conferred): Education (28), Biology (26), Business Administration (22), Kinesiology (22), Nursing (20)

Finance

Endowment as of end of FY 2024: $139,556,008
Annual operating expenses for FY 2024: $44,241.172
Illinois College financial aid awarded in FY 2024: $20,149,105
Percentage of alumni giving in FY 2024 (VSE): 11.5%