Illinois students paid $16,340 to attend the private for-profit school in both the 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years.
Data shows 81 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 27 students received grants or scholarships totaling $131,648 and 34 students took out student loans totaling more than $267,587.
Including all undergraduates, 101 students used grants or scholarships totaling $450,816. Another 164 took out $1.29 million in federal student loans.
The cost of attending
Enrollment
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
Change in tuition and fees 2014-15 to 2017-18
39
$16,232
$16,232
$16,340
$16,340
0.7%
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the Illinois Media School in 2015-16.Type of Aid
Number of students receiving aid
Percent receiving aid
Total amount of aid received
Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants
27
57%
$125,648
$4,654
State / local grant or scholarship
0
0%
$0
Institutional grants or scholarships
4%
Grant or scholarship aid total
27
57%
$131,648
$4,876
Federal student loans
34
72%
$267,587
$7,870
Other student loans
0
0%
$0
Student loan aid
34
72%
$267,587
$7,870
Total student aid
38
81%
Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly described the cost of attendance, which includes both tuition and fees.
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