Illinois College | Fall 2025 Fact Sheet
- Total Online Enrollment
Headcount enrollment: 121 (including 3 FT graduate students)
Full-time students: 63
Part-time students: 58
Degree/Certificate seeking students: 121
Female students: 66.9% (81); Male students: 33.1% (40)- Total On-campus Undergraduate Enrollment
Headcount enrollment: 890
Full-time students: 886
Part-time students: 4
Degree-seeking students: 888
Students from Illinois: 77.2% (687)
Low-income students: 24.3% (216)
% of degree-seeking students receiving financial aid: 99%
Biological sex
Female students: 52.2% (465)
Male students: 47.8% (425)
Ethnicity/Race
African American students: 8.9% (79)
Asian students: 1.0% (9)
Caucasian students: 70.1% (624)
Hispanic students of any race: 8.3% (74)
International students: 4.9% (44)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 0.0% (0)
Two or more races: 3.5% (31)
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.2% (2)
Not Reported/Unknown students: 3.0% (27)
Residence of FT Students
On-campus: 88.1% (781)
Off-campus: 11.9% (105)
% of Beds occupied: 87.6% (781/892)
Student Origins
Number of other states represented: 25
Number of other countries represented: 27- New Full-time, Degree-seeking, On-campus Transfers
New full-time, degree-seeking transfer students: 64
Female students: 40.6% (26); Male students 59.4% (38)- First-Time, First-Year, On-Campus Student Enrollment
Headcount enrollment of all new first-year students (including online): 277
Female students: 59.6% (165); Male students: 40.4% (112)
Low-income students: 19.9% (55)
Ethnicity/Race of all new first-year students
African American students: 9.7% (27)
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.4% (1)
Asian students: 0.7% (2)
Caucasian: 69.3% (192)
Hispanic students of any race: 8.7% (24)
International students: 5.1% (14)
Two or more races: 3.6% (10)
Unknown: 2.5% (7)- Academic Characteristics of Entering FY Students
Average ACT Total Composite score: 21.9
ACT Total Composite middle 50%: 18 - 25
ACT Math middle 50%: 17 - 25
ACT English middle 50%: 15 - 27
ACT Reading middle 50%: 18- 30
ACT Science middle 50%: 18 - 24
Average SAT Total Composite score: 1066
SAT Total Composite middle 50%: 940 – 1160
SAT Math middle 50%: 460 – 570
SAT EBRW (Rdng. & Wrtng.) middle 50%: 470 - 600
Average HS GPA for first-year class: 3.76
HS GPA middle 50% for first-year class: 3.49 - 4.00
Percent in top 10% of HS graduating class: 13.3%
Percent in top 25% of HS graduating class: 44.0%
Percent in top 33% of HS graduating class: 59.6%
Percent in top 50% of HS graduating class: 83.7%
(Statistics were reported for the following percentages of fall 2025 entering first-year students: 8.7% for ACT stats, 35.0% for SAT stats, 91.7% for HS GPA stats, and 59.9% for class rank stats)- Retention and Graduation Rates
Most recent 1st yr. persistence rate (2024 cohort): 80.2%
Most recent 4-year graduation rate (2021 cohort): 52.4%
Most recent 5-year graduation rate (2020 cohort): 57.3%
Most recent 6-year graduation rate (2019 cohort): 60.9%- Graduate Outcomes (6 months out)
Graduate school attendance rate: 20% (3-yr. avg.)
Employment rate: 77% (3-yr. avg.)
Employed, attending grad. school, or both: 95% (3-yr. avg.)- Faculty (based on IPEDS definitions)
Full-time: 66; Part-time: 11 (excluding online)
Percentage of FT faculty with a terminal degree: 81.8%
Percentage of FT faculty who have tenure: 48.5%
Student/Faculty Ratio: 12.7:1 (excluding online)- Academics
# of majors offered: 41; # of minors offered: 44
# of degrees conferred for 2024-25 (IPEDS):
Top majors in 2024-25 (degrees conferred): Kinesiology (23), Education (21), Business Admin. (20), Agribusiness (19), Nursing (17), Psychology (17)- Finance
Endowment as of end of FY 2025: $133,019,167
Annual operating expenses for FY 2025: $44,691,554
Illinois College financial aid awarded in FY 2025: $19,963,296
Percentage of alumni giving in FY 2025 (VSE): 9.9%