Illinois Valley Times

In-state tuition and fees rose 7 percent for 2017-18 at Illinois Valley Community College, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

Illinois residents paid $11,250 to attend the two-year public institution this year $732 more than the $10,518 charged for 2016-17.

Non-resident students would have paid 7.2 percent more than residents this year, or $12,058. Non-resident tuition and fees grew 6.5 percent from $11,326 in 2016-17.

100 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Illinois residents.

Data shows 65 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 120 students received grants or scholarships totaling $564,525 and 20 students took out student loans totaling more than $76,342.

Including all undergraduates, 1,189 students used grants or scholarships totaling $4.66 million. Another 228 took out $1.08 million in federal student loans.

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the Illinois Valley Community College in 2015-16.

Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly described the cost of attendance, which includes both tuition and fees.