Western Illinois University is a mid-sized public college located in Macomb, IL ranked 34th in Illinois. It has a total of 7,680 full-time undergraduate students and is not very competitive, with a 56.66% acceptance rate. Western Illinois University offers 126 different majors and is best known for its Fire Protection, Agriculture, and Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications programs (nationally ranked 14th, 28th, and 29th respectively). With an annual tuition of $8,883 per year, Western Illinois University is pretty inexpensive. 56.61% of students graduate moving on to the next stage of their lives, entering the labor force. After finishing their studies, alumni go on to make near $43,200 per year, which is 4% greater than the national median.