Illinois Trade Schools 2025 Average Tuition

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.

Costs of Attendance (COA)

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.

Table. 2025 Average Costs of Attendance for Illinois Trade Schools
Cost of Attendance - Illinois Trade Schools
Tuition & Fees$17,556
Books & Supplies$1,981
Room & Board-
Other Expenses-
COA$19,537

Vocational Programs Tuition & fees

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.

Table. 2025 Average Undergraduate Tuition & Fees Changes for Illinois Trade Schools (2021-2025)
Tuition & Fees
2020-2021$17,165
2021-2022$17,212
2022-2023$16,764
2023-2024$16,984
2024-2025$17,556
*The amount of tuition for 2024-2025 includes fees.

Illinois Trade Schools Living Costs

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.

Table. 2025 Average Living Costs for Illinois Trade Schools (2021-2025)
On-CampusOff-Campus
Room&BoardOther ExpensesRoom&BoardOther 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