Top 10 preferred colleges

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