Dupage Policy Journal

In-state tuition and fees was unchanged for 2017-18 at College of DuPage, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

Illinois residents paid $9,660 to attend the two-year public institution in both the 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years.

Non-resident students would have paid 21.7 percent more than residents this year, or $11,760. Non-resident tuition and fees was unchanged from $11,760 in 2016-17.

About 98 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Illinois residents. And about 1 percent are citizens of other countries.

Data shows 68 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 944 students received grants or scholarships totaling $4.84 million and 1,276 students took out student loans totaling more than $6.11 million.

Including all undergraduates, 7,191 students used grants or scholarships totaling $31.9 million. Another 8,590 took out $49.84 million in federal student loans.

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the College of DuPage in 2015-16.