Kankakee Times

In-state tuition and fees rose 5.9 percent for 2017-18 at Kankakee Community College, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

Illinois residents paid $9,840 to attend the two-year public institution this year $548 more than the $9,292 charged for 2016-17.

Non-residents paid 117.7 percent more than residents this year, or $21,420. Their price tag grew 8 percent from $19,830 in 2016-17.

About 98 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Illinois residents. And about 2 percent are residents of other states.

Data shows 72 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 149 students received grants or scholarships totaling $666,123 and 34 students took out student loans totaling more than $125,498.

Including all undergraduates, 1,739 students used grants or scholarships totaling $7.71 million. Another 504 took out $2.37 million in federal student loans.

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the Kankakee Community College in 2015-16.

Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly described the cost of attendance, which includes both tuition and fees.