State Accountability Report Goal 2 Goal 2 Ensure

State Accountability Report: Goal 2

Goal 2: Ensure college affordability for students, families, and taxpayers. Make Illinois one of the five most affordable states in the country to get a college education. 2

Goal 2: Affordability 3 Performance Measures Benchmarked Against v v v v v Ability to Pay Tuition & Fees at 2 -Year Student Debt State & Local Support Institution Efficiency Illinois Trends 5 Best-Performing States 4 High-Population States 5 Neighboring States

Goal 2: Affordability Illinois ranks in the bottom quintile of states; 46 th for middle income and 50 th for low income. 4

Goal 2: Affordability Illinois ranks better than the national average in net cost for middle and low income families. 5

Goal 2: Affordability Illinois performs below the national average; ranks 29 th for middle income and 32 nd for low income. 6

Goal 2: Affordability Illinois performs below the national average; ranks 20 th for middle income and 23 rd for low income. 7

Goal 2: Affordability 8 Source: U. S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2011.

Goal 2: Affordability Illinois ranks better than the national average with 68. 8 percent of revenue coming from state and local sources. 9

Goal 2: Affordability Institution Efficiency: Education and Related Spending Per Completion Source: Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity, and Accountability, 2008 data, 2010. Illinois ranks better than the national average. 10

Summary: Affordability Performance Measures Baseline to Year 2 Ability to Pay • Public 4 -Year • Private 4 -year • Public 2 -Year Tuition & Fees at 2 -Year Student Debt Recently Released Data State & Local Support Institution Efficiency Recently Released Data 11

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