University of Illinois-Chicago Scholarship Calculator
Enter your LSAT and GPA to see where you stand against University of Illinois-Chicago's admitted class and the grant range it actually publishes.
University of Illinois-Chicago reports a median grant of $23,250 per year for students receiving financial aid, and 61% of its students receive aid, with 1% of aid recipients covering full tuition or more. This school reports tuition per credit hour rather than an annual total, and the median award is worth about 19 credit hours of tuition at its published rate of $1,248 per credit hour.
Enter your LSAT and/or GPA to see where you stand against this school's admitted class.
How this school's aid is distributed
University of Illinois-Chicago splits its aid across four tiers. The share of students in each tier is what the school reports to the ABA — it is not a projection.
What three years would actually cost you
University of Illinois-Chicago reports tuition per credit hour rather than an annual total, so no three-year cost figure is estimated for it. Its published rate is $1,248 per credit hour.
No annual total is estimated for this school because it reports tuition per credit hour. Converting that to a three-year figure would require assuming how many credits a student takes — a guess that would make the number wrong rather than merely imprecise. See what this school does publish →
Is this school worth your score?
This school is not in the comparison set for this measure — it reports tuition per credit hour or is missing one of the two figures needed.
What you get for what you pay
University of Illinois-Chicago reports 274 graduates, with 71.2% of them employed at a firm that requires bar passage. No three-year net cost is stated because this school reports tuition per credit hour.
This school is one of the 20 law school pages with measurable search traffic, so the analysis below goes deeper than the standard breakdown: how its aid compares with schools at the same selectivity level, where it sits against the most and least generous schools in the country, and what its own class of graduates went on to do.
| Measure | This school | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Three-year net cost after the median grant | — | What a student pays after the median award, applied to all three years |
| Graduates in the reported class | 274 | The denominator for every percentage below |
| Went to a firm requiring bar passage | 71.2% | Full-time graduates employed where bar passage is required |
| Landed at a firm with 251+ lawyers | 5.5% | The larger end of the market, counted against the same class |
| Bar-required employment per $10,000 of net cost | — | Percentage points of bar-required employment for each $10,000 spent |
These are one class's reported outcomes, not a forecast. Employment figures depend on the year, the market and what graduates choose to report. See the full employment breakdown →
Conditional scholarships at University of Illinois-Chicago
University of Illinois-Chicago gave conditional scholarships to 162 students in 2024, and 53% kept the award after review — 76 students had it reduced.
Conditional scholarships are awarded on need but have to be re-earned every year. If you drop below the GPA threshold, the award can be cut — this is the school's own reported figure, not an estimate. See the retention data for every school →
Is University of Illinois-Chicago keeping more conditional scholarships?
Between 2022 and 2024, University of Illinois-Chicago has been keeping more of them: the share of conditional scholars who kept their award moved from 49.0% to 53.1%, with 162 students entering with a conditional award in 2024.
| Entering class | Entered with a conditional award | Kept it after year one | Reduced or eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 147 students | 49.0% | 75 students |
| 2023 | 139 students | 51.1% | 68 students |
| 2024 | 162 students | 53.1% | 76 students |
Is University of Illinois-Chicago getting more competitive?
Applications to University of Illinois-Chicago rose from 1,860 for the 2024 entering class to 2,488 for 2025, while the class enrolled 369 students — so there were 6.7 applicants per place, against 5.5 in 2024. Between 2024 and 2025 that figure moved from 5.5 to 6.7, and competition for each place has tightened.
| Entering class | Applications | Offers | Enrolled | Applicants per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,860 | 1,193 | 336 | 5.5 |
| 2025 | 2,488 | 1,308 | 369 | 6.7 |
Applicants per place is applications divided by the number who actually enrolled. It moves with how selective the school is, not with how many offers it sends — a school can issue more offers without becoming harder to get into. The summary above judges the direction over the three most recent entering classes, not across the whole span: a single unusual year in the middle of eleven is not a trend.
How University of Illinois-Chicago compares to schools at the same level
These are the schools with the closest median LSAT to University of Illinois-Chicago's. The table sorts by median grant, because that is usually what the comparison turns on once the academic profile is close enough — and the three-year net cost column shows what each of those grants actually leaves you paying.
| School | Median grant / yr | Grant vs. selectivity | Three-year net cost | % receiving aid | Applicants per place | Competition, last 3 years | Conditional retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois-Chicago (this school) | $23,250 | — | — | 61% | 6.7 | tightening | 53.1% |
| New England Law/Boston | $40,000 | 0 pt | $214,959 | 88% | 9 | tightening | 74.1% |
| Western New England University | $30,000 | 0 pt | $131,253 | 82% | 7.8 | level | — |
| Lincoln Memorial University | $28,000 | — | — | 100% | 5.1 | tightening | — |
| Creighton University | $25,600 | — | — | 89% | 5.1 | level | — |
| Touro University | $22,000 | 0 pt | $278,256 | 76% | 6.6 | level | 39.5% |
| The University of Toledo | $20,000 | 0 pt | $95,328 | 82% | 5.8 | level | — |
| St. Mary's University | $12,500 | 0 pt | $173,064 | 81% | 10.6 | tightening | — |
| The University of Akron | $9,000 | 0 pt | $87,597 | 94% | 3.8 | easing | — |
| University of Idaho | $8,000 | 0 pt | $118,956 excludes fees | 46% | 3.8 | level | — |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock | $7,461 | 0 pt | $93,948 | 60% | 4 | level | 65.1% |
| University of North Texas at Dallas | $5,000 | — | — | 54% | 14.8 | tightening | — |
| Atlanta's John Marshall Law School | $4,500 | 0 pt | $253,536 | 84% | 9.6 | tightening | 66.4% |
Applicants per place is applications divided by students who enrolled. The competition column compares the most recent three entering classes rather than the full span, because a single year in the middle of that span is not a trend. Conditional retention is the share of students who kept a need-based conditional scholarship after year one review.
What this school's numbers mean
University of Illinois-Chicago is in . It admits 52.6% of applicants, and 61% of its students receive financial aid.
The four tiers above come straight from the school's 509 disclosure. They matter because the same coverage figure can mean very different things — a school where most awards are half-tuition grants and one where most are full-tuition grants offer students something quite different.
Related pages
- University of Illinois-Chicago financial aid breakdown — coverage, award size, all four tiers and conditional outcomes
- University of Illinois-Chicago ABA 509 report — every figure from the disclosure, section by section
- University of Illinois-Chicago cost of attendance — three-year total cost, ranked against every school
- University of Illinois-Chicago admissions data — acceptance, LSAT, GPA, bar passage and class size
- All-school scholarship estimator — compare every ABA law school at once
Common questions
How much scholarship does University of Illinois-Chicago give?
University of Illinois-Chicago reports a median grant of $23,250 per year for students receiving financial aid, and 61% of its students receive aid, with 1% of aid recipients covering full tuition or more. This school reports tuition per credit hour rather than an annual total, and the median award is worth about 19 credit hours of tuition at its published rate of $1,248 per credit hour.
What LSAT and GPA does University of Illinois-Chicago admit?
University of Illinois-Chicago admitted students with LSAT scores between 150 and 156, with a median of 153. Its 25th-percentile undergraduate GPA is 3.13 and its 75th-percentile GPA is 3.64, with a median of 3.4.
Does University of Illinois-Chicago reduce conditional scholarships?
University of Illinois-Chicago gave conditional scholarships to 162 students in 2024, and 53% kept the award after review — 76 students had it reduced.
What do the position labels mean?
Above the median means your LSAT is above the school's 75th-percentile LSAT, so you sit in the top quarter of its entering class. Competitive means your LSAT falls between the school's median and 75th-percentile LSAT, which is the range where most admitted students sit. Below the median means your LSAT is between the school's 25th and 50th-percentile LSAT, inside the bottom half of its entering class. Below the 25th percentile means your LSAT is under the bottom quarter of the school's admitted class, and its published aid figures describe students who were admitted rather than your case.
Is University of Illinois-Chicago keeping more conditional scholarships than before?
Between 2022 and 2024, University of Illinois-Chicago has been keeping more of them: the share of conditional scholars who kept their award moved from 49.0% to 53.1%, with 162 students entering with a conditional award in 2024.
Is University of Illinois-Chicago becoming more competitive?
Applications to University of Illinois-Chicago rose from 1,860 for the 2024 entering class to 2,488 for 2025, while the class enrolled 369 students — so there were 6.7 applicants per place, against 5.5 in 2024. Between 2024 and 2025 that figure moved from 5.5 to 6.7, and competition for each place has tightened.
Is University of Illinois-Chicago worth its score compared with other law schools?
This school is not in the comparison set for this measure — it reports tuition per credit hour or is missing one of the two figures needed.
Is University of Illinois-Chicago worth the cost compared with other law schools?
University of Illinois-Chicago reports 274 graduates, with 71.2% of them employed at a firm that requires bar passage. No three-year net cost is stated because this school reports tuition per credit hour.
Is this an estimate of my offer?
No, and it cannot be. The ABA Standard 509 disclosures publish each school's overall aid distribution, not a mapping from LSAT scores to award amounts. This page shows you University of Illinois-Chicago's real published figures and where your scores land against its admitted class. A tool that prints a single dollar figure for your score is running a model, and the error is invisible to you.