Illinois Commitment
Illinois Promise
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Illinois Commitment is a financial aid package that provides scholarships and grants to cover tuition and campus fees for students who are Illinois residents and have a family income of $67,100 or less. Illinois Commitment will cover tuition and campus fees for new freshmen for up to four years, eight semesters of continuous enrollment, and tuition and campus fees for up to three years, six semesters of continuous enrollment for new transfer students. We’ll cover tuition and fees for up to four years for all qualified in-state students. That’s our mission as a land- grant institution. That’s Illinois Commitment.
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student. I know my family looks up to me for going to college and all I can do is set the example that if I can do it, so can anyone else. I-Promise gave me an opportunity I never thought was possible. I will forever be grateful. — Demisha Ramirez, Journalism ’19
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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is committed to providing access to quality education for high-achieving students from all backgrounds. However, current economic circumstances threaten the affordability of higher education, particularly for students from the lowest income levels. With the shift of primary funding for state universities from state support to tuition, the need to maintain access to higher education is particularly pressing. Illinois Promise began in Fall 2005 to ensure the affordability of higher education for students from the lowest income levels.
Illinois Promise assures eligible recipients sufficient grant and scholarship funds in combination with a minimal employment expectation to cover their estimated cost of tuition and fees, room and board, and books and supplies. Illinois Promise doesn’t provide funding for summer classes.
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