Top 10 preferred colleges
May 24, 2012
By Khrystyna Halatyma
Executive In-Depth Editor
In this issue of the Prospector there were a top five preferred colleges of seniors in In-Depth, pages 8 and 9 . Read on for a look into numbers six through 10.
1. William Rainey Harper College
- Number of Prospect applicants*: 870
- Location: Palatine, Ill.
- City type: Suburb
- College type: Community college
- City population: 66,960
- Tuition: $2,460 (local residents)
- Undergraduate enrollment: 16,060
- Male-Female ratio: 44:56
- Number of undergraduate degrees: 68
2. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Number of Prospect applicants: 677
- Location: Urbana/Champaign, Ill.
- City type: Small town
- City population: 120,271 (Urbana and Champaign)
- College type: Public
- Tuition + Room and board: $24,661 (in-state)
- Undergraduate enrollment: 31,540
- Male-Female ratio: 54:46
- Number of undergraduate degrees: 228
3. Illinois State University
- Number of Prospect applicants: 568
- Location: Bloomington/Normal, Ill.
- City type: Small town
- City population: 124,738 (Bloomington and Normal)
- College type: Public
- Tuiton + Room and board: $20,137 (in-state)
- Undergraduate enrollment: 18,314
- Male-female ratio: 43:57
- Number of undergraduate degrees: 210
4. University of Iowa
- Number of Prospect applicants: 489
- Location: Iowa City, Iowa
- City type: Small town
- City population: 69,086
- College type: Public
- Tuition + Room and board: $33,849 (out-of-state)
- Undergraduate enrollment: 21,176
- Male-female ratio: 48:52
- Number of undergraduate degrees: 112
5. Indiana University Bloomington
- Number of Prospect applicants: 469
- Location: Bloomington, Ind.
- City type: Small town
- City population: 71,939
- College type: Public
- Tuition + room and board: $36,868 (out-of-state)
- Undergraduate enrollment: 32,367
- Male-female ratio: 50:50
- Number of undergraduate degrees: 135
6. Marquette University
- Number of Prospect applicants: 418
- Location: Milwaukee
- City type: Large city
- City population: 605,013
- College type: Private (Roman Catholic)
- Tuition + room and board: $42,162
- Undergraduate enrollment: 8,113
- Number of undergraduate degrees: 115
7. Northern Illinois University
- Number of Prospect applicants: 408
- Location: Dekalb, Ill.
- City type: Small town
- City population: 45,734
- College type: Public
- Tuition + room and board: $21,927 (in-state)
- Undergraduate enrollment: 17,886
- Number of undergraduate degrees: 77
8. Loyola University Chicago
- Number of Prospect applicants: 352
- Location: Chicago
- City type: Large city
- City population: 2,851,268
- College type: Private (Roman Catholic)
- Tuition + room and board: $44,864
- Undergraduate enrollment: 9,747
- Number of undergraduate degrees: 113
9. University of Illinois at Chicago
- Number of Prospect applicants: 342
- Location: Chicago
- City type: Large city
- City population: 2,851,268
- College type: Public
- Tuition + room and board: $22,965 (in-state)
- Undergraduate enrollment: 16,806
- Male-female ratio: 45:55
- Number of undergraduate degrees: 91
10. University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Number of Prospect applicants: 306
- Location: Madison, Wis.
- City type: Midsized city
- City population: 235,419
- College type: Public
- Tuition + room and board: $33,139 (out-of-state)
- Undergraduate enrollment: 30,170
- Number of undergraduate degrees: 180