Lake County Gazette

In-state tuition and fees rose 2.6 percent for 2017-18 at College of Lake County, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

Illinois residents paid $8,960 to attend the two-year public institution this year $224 more than the $8,736 charged for 2016-17.

Non-resident students would have paid 32.5 percent more than residents this year, or $11,872. Non-resident tuition and fees grew 2.7 percent from $11,564 in 2016-17.

About 99 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Illinois residents. And about 1 percent are citizens of other countries.

Data shows 46 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 487 students received grants or scholarships totaling $2.13 million and 63 students took out student loans totaling more than $275,444.

Including all undergraduates, 3,292 students used grants or scholarships totaling $10.68 million. Another 564 took out $2.54 million in federal student loans.

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the College of Lake County in 2015-16.

Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly described the cost of attendance, which includes both tuition and fees.