Illinois students paid $6,000 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year $8,780 less than the $14,780 charged for 2016-17.
Data shows 93 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 51 students received grants or scholarships totaling $272,014 and 49 students took out student loans totaling more than $322,097.
Including all undergraduates, 92 students used grants or scholarships totaling $1.69 million. Another 89 took out $949,126 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
~39
$10,470
$10,780
$14,780
$6,000
-42.7%
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the Morthland 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
50
89%
$175,123
$3,502
State / local grant or scholarship
0
0%
$0
Institutional grants or scholarships
41
73%
$96,891
$2,363
Grant or scholarship aid total
51
91%
$272,014
$5,334
Federal student loans
49
88%
$285,819
$5,833
Other student loans
5
9%
$36,278
$7,256
Student loan aid
49
88%
$322,097
$6,573
Total student aid
52
93%
Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly described the cost of attendance, which includes both tuition and fees.