- The Inkwell
- Illinois
- Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, ILCity: largeZIP 60616Founded 1940
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1940
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral: high research activity (R2)
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.iit.edu
IllinoisPrivate nonprofit
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit university in Chicago, Illinois, with 2,833 undergraduates. It admits 55% of applicants, graduates 71% within six years and costs $22,443 a year after aid.
71%graduate
Admission rate55%
Retention86%
4-year graduation32%
Pell Grant share38%
Federal loans30%
$22,443net price / year
55%admission rate
1311average SAT
71%graduate in 6 years
$90,804median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,000median debt
#106 of 1,704 for earnings#1,052 of 1,739 for lowest net price#353 of 1,738 for graduation rate#294 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $69,234tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $53,398
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $53,398
- Average net price
- $22,443national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,590
$30,001–48,000$17,829
$48,001–75,000$18,136
$75,001–110,000$26,979
$110,001+$35,019
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 55%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1311
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 590–720
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 590–720
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 26–32
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college55%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college86%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college71%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college38%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 71%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 32%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 74%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $76,127
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $90,804middle 50%: $64,387–$125,975
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$125,975
Median, Illinois Institute of Technology$90,804
Lower quarter$64,387
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,833
- Part-time
- 6.3%
- Women / men
- 34% / 66%
- Average age at entry
- 21.9
- First-generation students
- 32%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 60%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,710 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,936
- Endowment, end of year
- $263,803,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White31%
Hispanic28%
Black5.9%
Asian16%
Two or more races3.9%
U.S. nonresident13%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown2.1%
14 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering35%
Computer & information sciences29%
Architecture17%
Engineering technologies4.1%
Physical sciences3.4%
Biological & biomedical sciences3.3%
Psychology2.4%
Business & management1.8%
keep comparing
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 145725. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q659706.