How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Illinois Institute of Technology admits 54.9% of applicants, drawing a student body with a clear engineering and technology orientation. Among enrolled undergraduates, 30.0% receive Pell Grants and 32.2% are first-generation college students. Transfer enrollment stands at 24.9%, reflecting a modest but steady pipeline of students who choose Illinois Tech as a destination for completing their degrees. Azimuth ranks Illinois Institute of Technology #511 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access position reflects the institution's selective admissions profile and the relatively concentrated share of Pell-eligible students it enrolls relative to broader-access peers, a pattern common among engineering-focused private institutions. What distinguishes Illinois Institute of Technology is how well students from lower-income backgrounds fare once enrolled. Low-income graduates achieve median earnings of $93,800 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 99.1 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 75.2%, and Pell-eligible students complete at 68.8% — a signal that the institution supports lower-income students through to degree completion at a meaningful rate. Azimuth ranks Illinois Institute of Technology #641 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility ranking reflects the per-student earnings strength that Illinois Tech's engineering and technology programs generate, even as the institution's admission scale limits the total number of Pell-eligible students who benefit from that pathway. For students from lower-income backgrounds who do gain admission, the financial outcomes are among the strongest in the Azimuth coverage set.
Illinois Institute of Technology admits 54.9% of applicants, drawing a student body with a clear engineering and technology orientation. Among enrolled undergraduates, 30.0% receive Pell Grants and 32.2% are first-generation college students. Transfer enrollment stands at 24.9%, reflecting a modest but steady pipeline of students who choose Illinois Tech as a destination for completing their degrees. Azimuth ranks Illinois Institute of Technology #511 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access position reflects the institution's selective admissions profile and the relatively concentrated share of Pell-eligible students it enrolls relative to broader-access peers, a pattern common among engineering-focused private institutions. What distinguishes Illinois Institute of Technology is how well students from lower-income backgrounds fare once enrolled. Low-income graduates achieve median earnings of $93,800 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 99.1 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 75.2%, and Pell-eligible students complete at 68.8% — a signal that the institution supports lower-income students through to degree completion at a meaningful rate. Azimuth ranks Illinois Institute of Technology #641 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility ranking reflects the per-student earnings strength that Illinois Tech's engineering and technology programs generate, even as the institution's admission scale limits the total number of Pell-eligible students who benefit from that pathway. For students from lower-income backgrounds who do gain admission, the financial outcomes are among the strongest in the Azimuth coverage set.
Illinois Institute of Technology admits 54.9% of applicants, drawing a student body with a clear engineering and technology orientation. Among enrolled undergraduates, 30.0% receive Pell Grants and 32.2% are first-generation college students. Transfer enrollment stands at 24.9%, reflecting a modest but steady pipeline of students who choose Illinois Tech as a destination for completing their degrees. Azimuth ranks Illinois Institute of Technology #511 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access position reflects the institution's selective admissions profile and the relatively concentrated share of Pell-eligible students it enrolls relative to broader-access peers, a pattern common among engineering-focused private institutions. What distinguishes Illinois Institute of Technology is how well students from lower-income backgrounds fare once enrolled. Low-income graduates achieve median earnings of $93,800 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 99.1 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 75.2%, and Pell-eligible students complete at 68.8% — a signal that the institution supports lower-income students through to degree completion at a meaningful rate. Azimuth ranks Illinois Institute of Technology #641 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility ranking reflects the per-student earnings strength that Illinois Tech's engineering and technology programs generate, even as the institution's admission scale limits the total number of Pell-eligible students who benefit from that pathway. For students from lower-income backgrounds who do gain admission, the financial outcomes are among the strongest in the Azimuth coverage set.
