Illinois is harder to get into (37% vs 41% admitted), and students with aid paid less there on average (in-state): $13,042 vs $16,600 a year. Illinois is due first, on Jan 5.
Highlighted = the better number: lower price or debt, higher rate or pay.
Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$34,226
$29,943
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$13,042
$16,600
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$33,394
$48,625
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Under $30,000
$871
$3,424
$30,000–$48,000
$2,983
$3,837
$48,000–$75,000
$5,924
$6,026
$75,000–$110,000
$11,952
$15,839
Over $110,000
$29,998
$28,208
After you start
Measure
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Undergrads
36,258
36,902
Graduate within 6 years
85%
89%
Come back for year two
95%
96%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$87,599
$80,330
Median debt at graduation
$17,750
$18,375
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers