Online Degrees and Programs at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign offers 390 major programs for degree granting/certificate programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity (online degrees/courses) is given to 29 major programs - 4 Masters and 25 Post-graduate Certificate.

The 2025 tuition & fees is $18,267 for Illinois residents and $40,096 for out-of-state students.

Total 9,212 students out of total 59,238 students have enrolled online exclusively. Last year, total 5,352 students have completed their degree/certificate program through distance learning.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is accredited by Higher Learning Commission.

2025 Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2024-2025 tuition & fees and costs trends over last 5 years at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Each cost is an average amount over the all offered programs. For Illinois residents, the tuition & fees are $18,267 and $40,096 for non-Illinois residents. For graduate programs, the 2025 tuition & fees is $19,278 and $34,406 for out-of-state students.

The cost per credit hour for part-time students or overload credits of full-time students is $595 for Illinois residents and $1,087 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The costs per credit hour for graduate programs is $558 for Illinois residents and $679 for out-of-state students.

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Online Programs By Area of Study

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign offers 390 degree programs through Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 29 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 4 Masters, 25 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters.

The following table summarizes the number of degree programs by degree types.

Majors and number of completers

The following tables show the offered programs by degree/certificate along with number of completers for each program last year.

Distance Learning Program Student Population

At University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, there are 59,238 students including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. Of that, 34,043 students were attending classes through distance learning (9,212 students are enrolled exclusively and 24,831 are enrolled in some online courses).

By location where enrolled students live, out of a total of 9,212 enrolled exclusively in online courses, 3,422 Illinois Residents were enrolled in online classes exclusively, 4,766 students living in the U.S. States other than Illinois, and 1004 non-U.S. students enrolled in online courses.

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