Illinois residents attending four-year schools pay the highest in-state tuition at University of Chicago, Northwestern University and School of the Art Institute of Chicago, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.
The analysis includes the cost of tuition only for the 2017-18 academic year reported by four-year schools to the U.S. Department of Education.
Where do residents pay the highest in-state tuition?
Rank
School
City
Enrollment
2017-18 tuition
1
University of Chicago
Chicago
15,775
$56,034
2
Northwestern University
Evanston
21,823
$52,678
3
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago
3,569
$49,610
4
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago
7,730
$45,864
5
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
1,771
$45,856
6
Lake Forest College
Forest
1,578
$45,548
7
Knox College
Galesburg
1,359
$44,958
8
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago
16,422
$43,078
9
Augustana College
Island
2,537
$40,908
10
DePaul University
Chicago
23,110
$39,010
