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Illinois State University
Normal, IL · Public · 19,057 students · mostly bachelor degrees
116th-cheapest of 180 Illinois colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$19,398
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$34,309
Graduation rate
65%
Admission rate
88%
Median graduate earnings
$62,117
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$20,482
Average SAT
1113
Median ACT
24
Pell grant recipients
32%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
142 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree28 grads/yr$117,757Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree61 grads/yr$111,099Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree55 grads/yr$110,971Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$98,382Accounting · Master's Degree34 grads/yr$96,945Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$95,120Insurance · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$94,124Construction Project Management · Bachelor's Degree52 grads/yr$91,017Cloud Computing · Bachelor's Degree5 grads/yr$90,953Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree176 grads/yr$85,326Environmental Health · Bachelor's Degree26 grads/yr$84,790Accounting · Bachelor's Degree166 grads/yr$84,458Physics, General · Bachelor's Degree30 grads/yr$81,949Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree215 grads/yr$81,264Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General · Bachelor's Degree26 grads/yr$80,530Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree256 grads/yr$77,956Power Plant Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree8 grads/yr$76,731Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$76,121Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree85 grads/yr$75,318Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology/Technician · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$75,054Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other · Bachelor's Degree33 grads/yr$73,220Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Bachelor's Degree17 grads/yr$71,707International Business/Trade/Commerce · Bachelor's Degree39 grads/yr$71,058Management Science · Bachelor's Degree96 grads/yr$70,671Geographic Information Science and Cartography · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$69,383
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.