In Illinois, 28,127 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 11,172 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the most online students of 9,915 out of 56,916.00 total students (17.42%) among 11 Illinois colleges that offer online programs.
University of Illinois Chicago with 4,049 online students and Northern Illinois University with 2,208 online students are following it in The largest online Illinois Public Colleges ranking.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. University of Illinois Chicago ranked second, a drop from first place last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,565 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,944 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 75.78% and the average SAT score is 1,135 at the schools.
| School Name | Online Enrollment | Total Population | Undergraduate Enrollment | Graduation Enrollment | Men Enrollment | Women Enrollment | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, 4-year | 9,915 1,907 | 56,916 | 35,120 | 21,796 | 31,000 | 25,916 | $39,192 ($18,060) |
| 2 1 | University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year | 4,049 7,801 | 33,747 | 21,807 | 11,940 | 14,969 | 18,778 | $31,505 ($15,816) |
| 3 1 | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, ILPublic, 4-year | 2,208 375 | 15,649 | 11,429 | 4,220 | 7,135 | 8,514 | $12,506 ($12,506) |
| 4 1 | Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year | 2,079 497 | 5,756 | 4,207 | 1,549 | 2,219 | 3,537 | $22,726 ($12,383) |
| 5 2 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, ILPublic, 4-year | 1,951 1,039 | 12,519 | 9,321 | 3,198 | 5,259 | 7,260 | $12,025 ($12,025) |
| 6 - | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, ILPublic, 4-year | 1,883 50 | 11,107 | 8,000 | 3,107 | 5,440 | 5,667 | $13,244 ($13,244) |
| 7 - | Western Illinois University Macomb, ILPublic, 4-year | 1,807 63 | 7,643 | 5,309 | 2,334 | 3,323 | 4,320 | $14,085 ($14,085) |
| 8 1 | Governors State University University Park, ILPublic, 4-year | 1,448 373 | 4,427 | 2,609 | 1,818 | 1,600 | 2,827 | $11,320 ($11,320) |
| 9 1 | Eastern Illinois University Charleston, ILPublic, 4-year | 1,382 77 | 8,857 | 6,916 | 1,941 | 3,721 | 5,136 | $15,566 ($13,124) |
| 10 - | Illinois State University Normal, ILPublic, 4-year | 986 41 | 20,683 | 18,055 | 2,628 | 8,734 | 11,949 | $23,479 ($14,121) |
| Average | 2,771 | 17,730 | 12,277 | 5,453 | 8,340 | 9,390 | $19,565 ($13,668) |