Campus Fast Facts

Illinois College | Fall 2023 Fact Sheet

Total Online Enrollment

Headcount enrollment: 72
Full-time students: 42
Part-time students: 30
Degree-seeking students: 55
Female students: 77.8% (56); Male students: 22.2% (16)

Total On-campus Undergraduate Enrollment

Headcount enrollment: 886
Full-time students: 881
Part-time students: 5
Degree-seeking students: 876
Students from Illinois: 76.4% (677)
Low-income students: 36.1% (320)
% of degree-seeking students receiving financial aid: 99%
Biological sex
Female students: 51.7% (458)
Male students: 48.3% (428)
Ethnicity/Race
African American students: 9.7% (86)
Asian students: 0.9% (8)
Caucasian students: 67.5% (598)
Hispanic students of any race: 10.3% (91)
International students: 6.4% (57)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 0.0% (0)
Two or more races: 2.9% (26)
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.6% (5)
Not Reported/Unknown students: 1.7% (15)
Residence of FT Students
On-campus: 88.3% (778)
Off-campus: 11.7% (103)
% of Beds occupied: 87.2% (778/892)
Student Origins
Number of other states represented: 29
Number of other countries represented: 26

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

New full-time, degree-seeking transfer students: 47
Female students: 55.3% (26); Male students: 47.7% (21)

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

Headcount enrollment of all new first-year students: 253
Female students: 47.8% (121); Male students: 52.2% (132)
Low-income students: 34.0% (86)
Ethnicity/Race of all new first-year students
African-American students: 12.6% (32)
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.4% (1)
Asian students: 0.8% (2)
Caucasian: 65.6% (166)
Hispanic students of any race: 7.1% (18)
International students: 7.9% (20)
Two or more races: 2.4% (6)
Unknown: 3.2% (8)

Academic Characteristics of Entering FY Students

Average ACT Total Composite score: 21.7
ACT Total Composite middle 50%: 19 - 25
ACT Math middle 50%: 17 - 23
ACT English middle 50%: 17 - 24
ACT Reading middle 50%: 20- 28
ACT Science middle 50%: 19 - 24
Average SAT Total Composite score: 1056
SAT Total Composite middle 50%: 940 - 1130 
SAT Math middle 50%: 460 - 580
SAT EBRW (Rdng. & Wrtng.) middle 50%: 480 - 570 
Average HS GPA for first-year class: 3.70
HS GPA middle 50% for first-year class: 3.40 - 4.00
Percent in top 10% of HS graduating class: 20.6%
Percent in top 25% of HS graduating class: 49.0%
Percent in top 33% of HS graduating class: 62.6%
Percent in top 50% of HS graduating class: 80.6%

(Statistics were reported for the following percentages of fall 2023 entering first-year students: 13.4% for ACT stats, 40.6% for SAT stats, 93.3% for HS GPA stats, and 61.3% for class rank stats)

Retention and Graduation Rates

Most recent 1st yr. persistence rate (2022 cohort): 70.0%
Most recent 4-year graduation rate (2019 cohort): 55.0% 
Most recent 5-year graduation rate (2018 cohort): 62.8%
Most recent 6-year graduation rate (2017 cohort): 61.1%

Graduate Outcomes (6 months out)

Graduate school attendance rate: 20% (3-yr. avg.)
Employment rate: 75% (3-yr. avg.)
Employed, attending grad. school, or both: 93% (3-yr. avg.)

Faculty (based on IPEDS definitions)

Full-time: 73; Part-time: 16 (excluding online)
Percentage of FT faculty with a terminal degree: 86.3%
Percentage of FT faculty who have tenure: 49.3%
Student/Faculty Ratio: 11.3:1 (excluding online)

Academics

# of majors offered: 35; # of minors offered: 48
# of degrees conferred for 2022-23 (IPEDS): 281
Top majors in 2022-23 (degrees conferred): Education (32), Psychology (25), Business Admin. (21), Accounting (19), Biology (18)

Finance

Endowment as of end of FY 2023: $139,414,288
Annual operating expenses for FY 2023: $38,963,025
Illinois College financial aid awarded in FY 2023: $20,850,700
Percentage of alumni giving in FY 2023 (VSE): 12.2%