For Illinois Trade Schools, the 2025 average tuition & fees is $17,556 for the largest vocational program at each trade school.
Stellar Career College has the highest undergraduate tuition & fees of $29,000 and Trenz Beauty Academy has the lowest tuition & fees of $1,940 among Illinois Trade Schools.
The average COA of Illinois Trade Schools in 2025 is $19,537 including tuition, fees, books, supplies, room & board (on-campus), and other living expenses.
| Cost of Attendance - Illinois Trade Schools | |
|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $17,556 |
| Books & Supplies | $1,981 |
| Room & Board | - |
| Other Expenses | - |
| COA | $19,537 |
The 2025 average tuition & fees of Illinois Trade Schools is $17,556. The average tuition is computed based on the largest program's tuition at each trade school.
The following table describes the changes of average tuition & fees for Illinois Trade Schools over last 5 years as well as recent year average tuition & fees.
| Tuition & Fees | |
|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | $17,165 |
| 2021-2022 | $17,212 |
| 2022-2023 | $16,764 |
| 2023-2024 | $16,984 |
| 2024-2025 | $17,556 |
The average living costs of Illinois Trade Schools in 2025 is - when a student lives on campus such as dormitory and school's apartment and $22,659 living off campus including room, board, and other living expenses.
The following table describes the changes of average living costs over last 5 years for Illinois Trade Schools.
| On-Campus | Off-Campus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room&Board | Other Expenses | Room&Board | Other Expenses | |
| 2020-2021 | - | - | $11,363 | $6,460 |
| 2021-2022 | $19,670 | $18,166 | $12,332 | $6,951 |
| 2022-2023 | $20,941 | $1,163 | $12,066 | $6,542 |
| 2023-2024 | - | - | $13,538 | $7,450 |
| 2024-2025 | - | - | $14,267 | $8,391 |