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Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Great Lakes·iit.edu
6-yr Graduation
75%
Total enrollment
8,834
peer median 11,126
Avg net price
$19,353
-$11k vs R2 Research
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
12,216
12,216 candidates competed
Admitted
6,710
54.9% acceptance rate
Enrolled
519
7.7% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
75%
4-year graduation
34%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
75%
Full-time retention
86%

Pell equity

6.0pp gap
Pell recipients
73%
Non-Pell
79%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 6.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 125 Title IV programs, 21 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 104 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
125
Passing
21
16.8% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

125programs
  • Passing21 · 16.8%
  • No Data104 · 83.2%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
21
No data
104

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

21
Civil Engineering
Master's Degree · Engineering
+52.5%
$96,477 vs $63,250
Mechanical Engineering
Master's Degree · Engineering
+60.3%
$101,412 vs $63,250
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+66.5%
$57,960 vs $34,808
Chemical Engineering
Master's Degree · Engineering
+75.7%
$111,149 vs $63,250
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+88.3%
$119,075 vs $63,250
Architecture
Bachelor Degree · Architecture And Related Services
+96.4%
$68,358 vs $34,808
Computer and Information Sciences General
Master's Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
+104.3%
$129,201 vs $63,250
Law
First Professional Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
+104.5%
$111,515 vs $54,534

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

14
Law
First Professional Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
92%
$102,142 debt · $111,515 earn
Psychology General
Doctoral Degree · Psychology
83%
$95,312 debt · $115,482 earn
Design and Applied Arts
Master's Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
63%
$91,428 debt · $144,324 earn
Architecture
Bachelor Degree · Architecture And Related Services
45%
$30,615 debt · $68,358 earn
Engineering-Related Fields
Bachelor Degree · Engineering Technologies/Technicians
33%
$27,656 debt · $84,305 earn
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Bachelor Degree · Engineering
31%
$27,000 debt · $88,378 earn
Chemical Engineering
Bachelor Degree · Engineering
26%
$22,338 debt · $84,876 earn
Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor Degree · Engineering
26%
$22,635 debt · $87,789 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1941Next review Aug 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 5

  1. Aug 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on English Language Program Accreditation · English Language
  2. Oct 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on English Language Program Accreditation · English Language
  3. Jul 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    American Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
  4. May 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar · Law (LAW) - Professional schools
  5. Dec 2016Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$13,222
$30–48k$15,488
$48–75k$16,566
$75–110k$22,765
$110k+$31,456

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$19,353
-$10,883vs R2 Research median $30,237
Federal loans
32.6%
In-state tuition
$51,763
Out-of-state
$51,763

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 1,250 students received $7.6M in Pell grants, alongside $34.6M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,250
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$7.6M
$7,630,997 total
Direct Loans
$34.6M
2,885 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.2M
768 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.8M
717 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$13.1M
687 loan awards
Parent PLUS$5.3M
275 loan awards
Grad PLUS$10.2M
438 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 790 borrowers who entered repayment, 7 (0.8%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.8%
-1.5pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
790
Defaulted
7
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
2.4%
2017
2.9%
2018
1.9%
2019
0.8%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at IIT

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs103
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

2,288 total completions
01Computer Sciences
77333.8%
02Engineering
58925.7%
03Legal Professions
33614.7%
04Architecture
1737.6%
05Business
1305.7%
06Multi/Interdisciplinary
1225.3%
07Engineering Tech
582.5%
08Biological Sciences
371.6%
09Physical Sciences
351.5%
10Agriculture
351.5%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
8,834
12-mo unduplicated
10,555
Undergraduate
3,825
Graduate
6,730

Gender split

Men
64%6,703
Women
36%3,852

Race / ethnicity composition

White
34.1%
Hispanic
25.0%
Asian
16.5%
Non-resident
14.1%
Black
4.7%
Two or more
4.0%
Unknown
1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.0%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
291
187 M · 104 W
Women athletes
35.7%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$2.3M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$40K
$29K
Head-coach salaries
$42K
$36K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 10

Soccer
40 M · 35 W
$371K
Track and Field (Indoor)
26 M · 18 W
$50K
Track and Field (Outdoor)
25 M · 17 W
$49K
Baseball
39 M ·
$209K
Lacrosse
23 M · 14 W
$347K
Basketball
19 M · 11 W
$318K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
4.90
34 offenses · 6,943 students

3-year trend

2.692 yrs ago5.401 yr ago4.90Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
86
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
32
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
2

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
18
Aggravated assault
8
Robbery
5
Burglary
2
Rape
1

By location

34total
  • On campus14
  • Public property20

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

9
Domestic violence
4
Dating violence
4
Stalking
17 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons02
Drugs032
Liquor026

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
346

IIT vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions IIT selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectIllinois Institute of Technology
75%8,834$19,353R2 Research
Loyola University Chicago
75%81.6%17,384$35,196R2 Research
DePaul University
68%75.9%21,210$29,141R2 Research
University of Dayton
80%65.4%10,506$31,236R2 Research
Marquette University
83%81.3%11,746$29,237R2 Research
Florida Institute of Technology
62%57.7%8,992$35,300R2 Research
Peer group median75%75.9%11,126$30,237

Frequently asked questions about Illinois Institute of Technology

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about IIT.

What is the graduation rate at Illinois Institute of Technology?

Illinois Institute of Technology reports a 6-year graduation rate of 75% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Illinois Institute of Technology?

Illinois Institute of Technology reports a total enrollment of 8,834 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Illinois Institute of Technology?

The average net price at Illinois Institute of Technology is $19,353 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Illinois Institute of Technology?

Illinois Institute of Technology's yield rate is 7.7%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Illinois Institute of Technology located?

Illinois Institute of Technology is located in Chicago, Illinois 60616.

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