Illinois students paid $36,400 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year $1,100 more than the $35,300 charged for 2016-17.
Data shows 100 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 270 students received grants or scholarships totaling $7.13 million and 211 students took out student loans totaling more than $1.48 million.
Including all undergraduates, 1,195 students used grants or scholarships totaling $30.87 million. Another 886 took out $6.31 million in federal student loans.
The cost of attending
Enrollment
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
Change in tuition and fees 2014-15 to 2017-18
~895
$33,200
$34,200
$35,300
$36,400
9.6%
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the Monmouth College in 2015-16.Type of Aid
Number of students receiving aid
Percent receiving aid
Total amount of aid received
Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants
117
43%
$573,315
$4,900
State / local grant or scholarship
118
44%
$556,803
$4,719
Institutional grants or scholarships
265
98%
$5,998,395
$22,635
Grant or scholarship aid total
270
100%
$7,128,513
$26,402
Federal student loans
207
77%
$1,289,173
$6,228
Other student loans
13
5%
$191,281
$14,714
Student loan aid
211
78%
$1,480,454
$7,016
Total student aid
270
100%
Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly described the cost of attendance, which includes both tuition and fees.
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