College Illinois! benefits can be used at any
Illinois public university, community college or at
most any public or private college throughout the country.
Benefits may not be used at proprietary schools, with
the following in-state exceptions: DeVry University,
Argosy University, The Cooking and Hospitality Institute
of Chicago, Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago, Midstate
College in Peoria and Northwestern Business College
in Chicago.
When the student (beneficiary) is eligible to begin
using benefits, an information package will be sent
to them. It is the student’s responsibility to
notify the school’s billing office of his/her
intention to use College Illinois! benefits
so the school can bill the program for tuition and mandatory
fees on the student’s behalf. Payment will be
made directly to the school from the Illinois Student
Assistance Commission (ISAC), the state agency that
administers College Illinois!.
If a student intends to use prepaid tuition benefits,
but your school has never requested payment from College Illinois!, please contact a customer service representative
at 1-877-877-3724, option 2. We will provide
you with the specific information you need to verify
a student’s eligibility and submit an invoice
for payment.
Illinois Public Universities or Community Colleges
If the student is attending a public university or
community college in Illinois, College Illinois!
will pay the undergraduate in-state or in-district tuition
and mandatory fees covered by the prepaid tuition plan.
Mandatory fees are those fees required as a condition
of enrollment for all students. College Illinois!
will not pay any other charges such as room and
board, books, course-specific fees or other expenses.
It is the student’s responsibility to notify
the school’s billing office and direct them to
request payment from the program. College Illinois!
offers on-line eligibility information to Illinois public
universities and community colleges so schools can verify
the student’s eligibility and then bill the program
on behalf of the student. For more information, please
contact a customer service representative at 1-877-877-3724,
option 2.
Public university plans can be used at community colleges
and vice versa, however, the plan will be depleted for
more/fewer credit hours depending on the plan type and
the school the student is attending.
Private or Out-of-State Colleges or Universities
If the student attends a private or out-of-state college
or university, the amount paid to the school will be
based on the current mean-weighted average tuition and
mandatory fees at Illinois public institutions (depending
on the type of prepaid tuition plan). The student will
be responsible for any remaining tuition and fee costs.
The mean-weighted average for tuition and fees is adjusted
prior to the commencement of each school year to keep
pace with tuition costs at Illinois public institutions.
Payment amounts for the 2006-'07 school year are:
Semester Institutions
Public university: $262.50 per credit hour
Community college: $82.17 per credit hour
Quarter Institutions
Public university: $175.00 per credit hour
Community college: $54.78 per credit hour
A $15 processing fee will be deducted from the payment
to each private or out-of-state school the first semester
the student attend
