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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Common Data Set 2025-26
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Acceptance rate
36.6%
30,384 of 83,045
Early decision rate
No ED
SAT middle 50%
1390–1520
ACT middle 50%
31–34
Who got into University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 447Waitlisted 72Rejected 242Preview
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GPA and SAT of 761 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 83,045 |
| AdmittedC1 | 30,384 |
| EnrolledC1 | 9,207 |
| YieldC1 | 30.3% |
| Early decisionC21 | Not offered |
| Early actionC22 | Offered, counts not reported |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | 6,826 |
| Accepted a placeC2 | 4,317 |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 1 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | 0% |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | 42.6% |
| Submitted ACTC9 | 14.1% |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | 690–750 |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | 700–790 |
| Average high school GPAC12 | — |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | — |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | — |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | — |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | — |
Cost and financial aid
| Tuition, in-stateG1 | $12,992 |
| Tuition, out-of-stateG1 | $33,344 |
| Required feesG1 | $5,054 |
| Food and housingG1 | $15,184 |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 34.3% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 82% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $26,429 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $25,878 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
- Class rankNot considered
- Academic GPAVery important
- Standardized test scoresConsidered
- Application essayImportant
- Recommendation(s)Not considered
- InterviewNot considered
- Extracurricular activitiesVery important
- Talent/abilityVery important
- Character/personal qualitiesVery important
- First generationVery important
- Alumni/ae relationNot considered
- Geographical residenceConsidered
- State residencyConsidered
- Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
- Volunteer workConsidered
- Work experienceConsidered
- Level of applicant's interestNot considered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 38,572 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 95.3% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 86.3% |
Notes on this filing
- Year set to 2025-26 from the Fall 2025 enrollment and cost sections. Financial aid figures (H1/H2) are for 2024-2025 final (H.101), not 2025-26.
- Cost figures are 2025-26 estimates: G.002 is checked, meaning final costs were not yet available; G.003 gives an expected date of Mar 14 2026.
- C.1202 and C.1201 (average HS GPA and percent submitting GPA) are blank, so gpa.average and gpa.pct_submitting are null.
- C11 GPA band percentages (C.1101-C.1130) are blank, so all gpa band fields and pct_below_3_50 are null.
- C8A (Yes) and C8F (test optional) agree; SAT/ACT row is 'not required for admission, but considered if submitted'.
- C7 factors read from the checkbox grid: class rank, recommendations, interview, alumni relation, religious affiliation and level of interest are 'Not Considered'.
- C2 waitlist: three counts mapped by position: offered 6826, accepted a place 4317, admitted from waitlist 1.
- C.122 and C.125 (out-of-state and nonresident applicants) show '[object Object]' corrupted values; not used.
- Early decision: C.2101 is No, so offered=false. Early action: C.2201 is Yes; early decision and early action applied/admitted counts are not printed.
- Four-year graduation rate is not printed as a rate (only completer counts in B4-B11, Fall 2019 cohort), so grad_rate_4yr is null. Six-year rate is from the Fall 2019 cohort total (H row).
- Tuition: public school with separate in-district ($12,992), in-state out-of-district ($12,992) and out-of-state ($33,344) figures; the general tuition field is null. Nonresident tuition of $34,338 (G.106) is not captured by the schema.
- Retention rate 95.33 is from B.2203 (Fall 2024 cohort to Fall 2025).
- aid.pct_need_fully_met = 1253 / 3652 = 34.3, computed per instructions from H2 line h over line d (line d is 'awarded any financial aid' among those with determined need).
- aid.pct_with_need_awarded_aid is null: the filing prints only counts (lines a-d), not a percentage.
- Aid averages: avg_pct_need_met from H2 line i (0.82); package from line j ($26,429); need-based grant from line k ($25,878).
- Ambiguity: H2 line d in the filing is 'awarded any financial aid' rather than strictly need-based aid; used as instructed.
Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.