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Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology is a private campus in Chicago proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. International students are a visible presence at Illinois Institute of Technology — 13% of its 2,833 undergraduates come from outside the U.S.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$13,222

family income
under $30k

$15,488

$30–48k

$16,566

$48–75k

$22,765

$75–110k

$31,456

over $110k

Average net price

$18,4252023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Illinois Institute of Technology has wandered from 2008 to 2023 — up to $23,772 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at $18,425.

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$18,328
2009	$16,816
2010	$16,844
2011	$16,395
2012	$18,984
2013	$19,667
2014	$18,854
2015	$21,803
2016	$22,098
2017	$21,917
2018	$22,831
2019	$23,772
2020	$22,166
2021	$23,738
2022	$19,353
2023	$18,425

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$68,1642024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Illinois Institute of Technology rose from $39,506 (2009) to $68,164 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$39,506
2010	$40,929
2011	$43,917
2012	$46,731
2013	$48,940
2014	$51,572
2015	$53,585
2016	$57,277
2017	$60,489
2018	$60,112
2019	$63,212
2020	$64,710
2021	$65,257
2022	$67,233
2023	$67,720
2024	$68,164

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$18,000
2001	$18,600
2002	$19,756
2003	$20,195
2004	$21,528
2005	$23,002
2006	$23,113
2007	$26,756
2008	$27,513
2013	$40,117
2014	$41,645
2015	$43,680
2016	$45,214
2017	$45,864
2018	$47,646
2019	$49,280
2020	$50,490
2021	$50,490
2022	$50,640
2023	$51,763

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $52,386 before grants and other attendance costs. At Illinois Institute of Technology, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

At 2,833 undergrads, Illinois Institute of Technology is a mid-sized campus by U.S. standards.

75.2% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Illinois Institute of Technology within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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75.2%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Illinois Institute of Technology rose from 45.8% (entered 1991) to 75.2% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	45.8%
1992 cohort	49.9%
1993 cohort	47.1%
1994 cohort	45.1%
1995 cohort	52.4%
1996 cohort	56.2%
1997 cohort	62.3%
1998 cohort	60.9%
1999 cohort	68.7%
2000 cohort	67.6%
2001 cohort	67.1%
2002 cohort	63.7%
2003 cohort	65.7%
2004 cohort	63.8%
2005 cohort	63.6%
2006 cohort	68.3%
2007 cohort	62.5%
2008 cohort	65.2%
2009 cohort	72.6%
2010 cohort	71.4%
2011 cohort	72.2%
2012 cohort	72.5%
2013 cohort	70.1%
2014 cohort	71.8%
2015 cohort	71.4%
2016 cohort	75%
2017 cohort	72.4%
2018 cohort	75.2%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$16,223	$9,000
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$16,255	$6,677
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$14,500	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$15,341	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$16,159	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$16,667	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$17,063	$5,000
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,125	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$5,282
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$17,022	$5,750
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$18,936	$7,433
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$20,125	$8,700
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$23,250	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$26,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$27,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$27,000	$10,301
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$27,000	$11,000
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$26,000	$9,039
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$25,000	$11,000
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$24,250	$10,980
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$25,000	$11,095

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$70,803

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$77,282

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$82,592

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Illinois Institute of Technology admitted 6,710 of 12,216 applicants in Fall 2024. The 54.9% rate describes that application pool.

54.9%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $51,763 tuition · 2023–24 2,833 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1180–14401600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Illinois Institute of Technology received 12,216 applications and admitted 6,710 (54.9%), with 519 enrolling.

Illinois Institute of Technology reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Illinois Institute of Technology’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 590–720 and Math was 590–720 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1180–1440 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	590	640	720
SAT Math	590	660	720
ACT Composite	26	29	32

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

54.9%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Illinois Institute of Technology's admission rate fell from 61.8% to 54.9%. The rate alone cannot explain the change. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	61.8%
Fall 2002	67.4%
Fall 2003	59.2%
Fall 2004	61.4%
Fall 2005	63.2%
Fall 2006	53.6%
Fall 2007	56.5%
Fall 2008	57.2%
Fall 2009	60.3%
Fall 2010	64.5%
Fall 2011	63.5%
Fall 2012	54.3%
Fall 2013	57%
Fall 2014	50.6%
Fall 2015	52.7%
Fall 2016	57.1%
Fall 2017	54%
Fall 2018	58.2%
Fall 2019	60.2%
Fall 2020	60.7%
Fall 2021	66.1%
Fall 2022	61.4%
Fall 2023	55.4%
Fall 2024	54.9%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1180–1440Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1238	1430
Fall 2002	1180	1380
Fall 2003	1180	1410
Fall 2004	1200	1380
Fall 2005	1195	1405
Fall 2006	1190	1370
Fall 2007	1163	1380
Fall 2008	1130	1340
Fall 2009	1170	1393
Fall 2010	1130	1410
Fall 2011	1143	1350
Fall 2012	1123	1340
Fall 2013	1160	1380
Fall 2014	1160	1380
Fall 2015	1150	1380
Fall 2016	1130	1360
Fall 2017	1230	1410
Fall 2018	1220	1400
Fall 2019	1190	1400
Fall 2020	1200	1390
Fall 2021	1230	1410
Fall 2022	1220	1410
Fall 2023	1180	1410
Fall 2024	1180	1440

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

26–32Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	26	31
Fall 2002	26	31
Fall 2003	25	30
Fall 2004	26	30
Fall 2005	26	31
Fall 2006	25	30
Fall 2007	25	30
Fall 2008	25	30
Fall 2009	25	31
Fall 2010	25	31
Fall 2011	24	31
Fall 2012	24	30
Fall 2013	25	30
Fall 2014	25	31
Fall 2015	25	30
Fall 2016	26	31
Fall 2017	25	31
Fall 2018	26	31
Fall 2019	26	32
Fall 2020	26	32
Fall 2021	26	32
Fall 2022	28	32
Fall 2023	25	31
Fall 2024	26	32

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

2,833Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Illinois Institute of Technology rose from 1,784 (Fall 2002) to 2,833 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,784
Fall 2003	1,851
Fall 2004	2,006
Fall 2005	2,157
Fall 2006	2,296
Fall 2007	2,479
Fall 2008	2,590
Fall 2009	2,618
Fall 2010	2,562
Fall 2011	2,639
Fall 2012	2,729
Fall 2013	2,855
Fall 2014	3,046
Fall 2015	2,923
Fall 2016	2,859
Fall 2017	2,763
Fall 2018	2,924
Fall 2019	3,032
Fall 2020	2,974
Fall 2021	2,889
Fall 2022	2,877
Fall 2023	2,812
Fall 2024	2,833

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

86%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Illinois Institute of Technology has held near 86% from Fall 2003 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	79%
Fall 2004 cohort	77%
Fall 2005 cohort	85%
Fall 2006 cohort	86%
Fall 2007 cohort	88%
Fall 2008 cohort	86%
Fall 2009 cohort	88%
Fall 2010 cohort	89%
Fall 2011 cohort	87%
Fall 2012 cohort	86%
Fall 2013 cohort	87%
Fall 2014 cohort	87%
Fall 2015 cohort	90%
Fall 2016 cohort	90%
Fall 2017 cohort	86%
Fall 2018 cohort	88%
Fall 2019 cohort	87%
Fall 2020 cohort	87%
Fall 2021 cohort	85%
Fall 2022 cohort	87%
Fall 2023 cohort	86%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Illinois Institute of Technology

30% of Illinois Institute of Technology's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Illinois Institute of Technology as a primarily residential campus of 2,833 undergraduates — and 86% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Illinois Institute of Technology's SAT section-percentile sums are 1180–1440 — their midpoint is above the IL four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Illinois Institute of Technology's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Illinois Institute of Technology compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Illinois Institute of Technology54.9%

Illinois median77%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Illinois Institute of Technology$52,386

Illinois median$31,360

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Illinois Institute of Technology's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Illinois Institute of Technology$82,592

Illinois median$58,572

National median$53,781

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Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois and national reference values
Metric & basis	Illinois Institute of Technology	Illinois median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	54.9%	77%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$52,386	$31,360	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$82,592	$58,572	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Illinois Institute of Technology, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Illinois Institute of Technology federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 12 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Computer Science	$120,953
Computer Engineering	$114,930
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	$110,956
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	$98,743
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$97,153
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	$88,378
Civil Engineering	$87,884
Mechanical Engineering	$87,789
Chemical Engineering	$84,876
Engineering-Related Fields	$84,305
Architecture	$68,358
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$57,960

These 12 fields listed for Illinois Institute of Technology measure earnings after completion. The $82,592 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 32 additional Illinois Institute of Technology fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Illinois Institute of Technology report?

Illinois Institute of Technology's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1180–1440 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Illinois Institute of Technology's acceptance rate?

54.9% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 6,710 admitted from 12,216 applicants.

How much does Illinois Institute of Technology cost?

At Illinois Institute of Technology, tuition is $52,386. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Illinois Institute of Technology report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $82,592. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Illinois

Illinois Wesleyan University — 39.3% admitted
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — 42.4% admitted
Governors State University — 48.3% admitted
Judson University — 47.6% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.