Campus Fast Facts

Illinois College | Fall 2022 Fact Sheet

Total Online Enrollment

Headcount enrollment: 80
Full-time students: 47
Part-time students: 33
Degree-seeking students: 70
Female students: 76.3% (61); Male students: 23.8% (19)

Total On-campus Undergraduate Enrollment

Headcount enrollment: 948
Full-time students: 943
Part-time students: 5
Degree-seeking students: 942
Students from Illinois: 78.2% (741)
Low-income students: 34.8% (330)
% of degree-seeking students receiving financial aid: 99%
Biological sex
Female students: 51.4% (487)
Male students: 48.6% (461)
Ethnicity/Race
African American students: 9.2% (87)
Asian students: 0.8% (8)
Caucasian students: 69.5% (659)
Hispanic students of any race: 10.4% (99)
International students: 5.3% (50)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 0.0% (0)
Two or more races: 2.7% (26)
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.4% (4)
Not Reported/Unknown students: 1.6% (15)
Residence of FT Students
On-campus: 87.1% (821)
Off-campus: 12.9% (122)
% of Beds occupied: 90.3% (821/909)
Student Origins
Number of other states represented: 30
Number of other countries represented: 26

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

New full-time, degree-seeking transfer students: 51
Female students: 56.9% (29); Male students: 43.1% (22)

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

Headcount enrollment of all new first-year students: 232
Female students: 47.8% (111); Male students: 52.2% (121)
Low-income students: 32.8% (76)
Ethnicity/Race of all new first-year students
African-American students: 11.2% (26)
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0% (0)
Asian students: 0.4% (1)
Caucasian: 64.7% (150)
Hispanic students of any race: 9.1% (21)
International students: 9.5% (22)
Two or more races: 3.0% (7)
Unknown: 2.2% (5)

Academic Characteristics of Entering FY Students

Average ACT Total Composite score: 23.0
ACT Total Composite middle 50%: 21– 26
ACT Math middle 50%: 20 – 26
ACT English middle 50%: 21 - 26
ACT Reading middle 50%: 20- 28
ACT Science middle 50%: 21 - 26
Average SAT Total Composite score: 1050
SAT Total Composite middle 50%: 960 – 1110 
SAT Math middle 50%: 480 – 565
SAT EBRW (Rdng. & Wrtng.) middle 50%: 480 - 565 
Average HS GPA for first-year class: 3.65
HS GPA middle 50% for first-year class: 3.33 - 4.00
Percent in top 10% of HS graduating class: 16.2%
Percent in top 25% of HS graduating class: 43.2%
Percent in top 33% of HS graduating class: 58.1%
Percent in top 50% of HS graduating class: 77.7%

(Statistics were reported for the following percentages of fall 2022 entering first-year students: 12.9% for ACT stats, 48.7% for SAT stats, 86.2% for HS GPA stats, and 63.8% for class rank stats)

Retention and Graduation Rates

Most recent 1st yr. persistence rate (2021 cohort): 72.3%
Most recent 4-year graduation rate (2018 cohort): 56.5% 
Most recent 5-year graduation rate (2017 cohort): 60.7%
Most recent 6-year graduation rate (2016 cohort): 67.4%

Graduate Outcomes (6 months out)

Graduate school attendance rate: 21% (3-yr. avg.)
Employment rate: 75% (3-yr. avg.)
Employed, attending grad. school, or both: 94% (3-yr. avg.)

Faculty (based on IPEDS definitions)

Full-time: 75; Part-time: 17
Percentage of FT faculty with a terminal degree: 86.7%
Percentage of FT faculty who have tenure: 52.0%
Student/Faculty Ratio: 11.7:1 (excluding online)

Academics

# of majors offered: 35; # of minors offered: 49
# of degrees conferred for 2021-22 (IPEDS): 258
Top majors in 2021-22 (degrees conferred): Business Admin. (52), Biology (29), Education (25), Psychology (22), Accounting (20), Agribusiness (20)

Finance

Endowment as of end of FY 2022: $146,550,216
Annual operating expenses for FY 2022: $38,975,887
Illinois College financial aid awarded in FY 2022: $21,688,847
Percentage of alumni giving in FY 2022 (VSE): 14.6%