unitid 149772 · Macomb, IL · public 4-year · town (remote)
Western Illinois University
- enrollment 2023
- 8,853
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
71%
28th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
4,410
47th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
37th pctl among public 4-years
completion
45%
finish within 150% time
49th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$28,254
81st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$12,937
after aid, aided students
51st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$54,163
after entry, Title IV students
60th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$25,251
94th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,941 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k35%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k14%
- 110k+16%
- Median family income
- $36,222
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $15,264
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 197 | $65,120 | $26,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 187 | $95,531 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 120 | $48,040 | $28,750 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 89 | $91,506 | — |
| Agriculture, General. | 79 | $58,204 | $18,969 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 61 | $59,792 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 58 | $46,568 | $29,000 |
| Statistics. | 55 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 48 | $61,543 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 45 | $44,479 | $25,133 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 44 | $82,067 | — |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 42 | $52,646 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.