Eastern Illinois University is considered by US News & World Report to be a Masters University. This means it's a school that grants few doctoral degrees and whose students tend to be from the local area as opposed having a national draw. The magazine's prestigious college rankings also list the school as being among the top half of these types of schools in the Midwest region.

This Illinois college includes Colleges of Science, Arts and Humanities, Education and Professional Studies, and the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences. Some of the institution's other academic divisions include the Graduate School, Honors College, and School of Continuing Education.

Students from Eastern Illinois University tend to go on to have high success rates in whatever it is they do. Eighty-eight percent of graduates find work in a field related to their major within six months after graduation.

And as a student at Eastern Illinois University, you'll be in the good company of a diverse body of students and plenty of expert faculty. The school has approximately 10,000 undergraduates, 1,700 graduate students, and 2,000 faculty and staff. Tuition costs are around $7,000 per year for the Illinois resident and $17,500 for non-residents, making it one of the most affordable universities in Illinois.