Illinois state university

Freshman Application Preparation Getting ready to begin your college career starts long before you make your first campus visit. We're here to help you through each step. If you earned college hours while in high school or if you will enroll at another college during the summer between high school and your attendance at Illinois State in the fall, you will still be classified as a freshman.

Undergraduate Tuition Rates Visit the Illinois State University has locked tuition rates for undergraduate students. The Board of Trustees sets the locked tuition rate, the mandatory fees rate and outreach-fcr fee rate annually for the next upcoming school year. Incoming undergraduate students enrolled in a degree-seeking program will pay the locked tuition rate for four continuous calendar years. The calendar years may be extended for a year or two based on major/sequence. Upon expiration of the initial and additional two-year freeze periods, the prevailing rate shall apply. The duration of the initial locked rate depends on the qualified primary major/sequence carried within the individual's catalog year as of the last day of the last undergraduate semester attended within the four continuous calendar years after being classified as first enrolled. 1 If during a future semester, a student becomes classified as a graduate, the prevailing graduate tuition and mandatory fee rates shall apply. 2 Please Note: Mandatory Fees and Outreach-FCR fees (effective Fall 2017), Student Health Insurance, Installment Fees, University Housing and Campus Dining charges do NOT have locked rates. These qualifications and rates reflect the latest Board of Trustees Resolution(s). Qualifications and rates are subject to change pending any future Board of Trustees, Legislative, or University Administrative action. Please contact the Student Accounts Office at The rates for the following table ar...

Two months after launching The Finishing Well, owner Tracie Allen ’88 was “humbled and proud” to introduce her new fitness instruction business at last year’s Juneteenth Community Celebration in Bloomington. This year, on the heels of celebrating her business’s one-year anniversary, Allen is excited to return to Miller Park, alongside many other local vendors, for the community’s 2023 Juneteenth Celebration, Saturday, June 17, from noon-6:30 p.m. The Cross-Institutional Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Workshop, hosted by the Intercollegiate Biomathematics Alliance (IBA) June 5-10 at Illinois State University, is a summer research program designed to prepare undergraduate students for graduate-level research while advancing professional academic development for their futures. Lizzy Carroll ’17 hated high school. Her attendance was dismal, and she felt completely unmotivated to try. But then, two educators personally connected with Carroll during her junior year at Carl Sandburg High School in southwest suburban Chicago, and everything changed. “They took a genuine interest in what I liked to do, why I wasn’t

Cost of Attendance Tables Undergraduate students who first enrolled in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, or Summer 2023 The tables below illustrate the estimated cost of attendance for the 2022-2023 academic year (August-May) for an undergraduate student enrolled for 15 hours for fall and spring semesters. The tuition is locked in based on the 2022-2023 rates. Fees, Food and Housing, Books, and Transportation are based on the 2023-2024 rates. • On-campus, Illinois resident • Commuter Students A commuter resides with a family member in Bloomington-Normal. • Tuition & Fees Tuition and fee amounts listed are estimates based on 15 credit hours (undergraduate) or 9 hours (graduate). • Food & Housing Food and housing for off-campus and commuter students is paid by the student directly to the landlord/property manager/family member. The amounts listed are estimates and reflect average costs; individual experience will vary. On-campus amounts are based on average cost for housing and the unlimited meal plan. • Books & Supplies, Transportation, and Personal Expenses These costs are not paid to the University, but to the seller or provider of the service.