keyword

best colleges illinois

Monthly search volume and cost-per-click data for "best colleges illinois" in US.

$ curl "https://api.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=best+colleges+illinois&country=us" +--------------+------------------+ | volume | 1,900 | | cpc | $4.82 | | competition | 0.12 | | country | US | | updated | 2026-06-26 | +--------------+------------------+

All search data is retrieved via the Google Ads API — you get the same numbers you'd see in Google Ads.

# related keywords

Keywords with overlapping search results, ranked by SERP similarity.

keyword	volume	cpc	overlap
illinois universities	9,900	$4.19	14/20
colleges in illinois	6,600	$14.94	12/20
universities in illinois	3,600	$17	12/20
universities at illinois	2,900	$8.13	15/20
best colleges in illinois	2,400	$5.96	16/20
top illinois universities	1,300	$9.58	16/20
best universities in illinois	1,300	$9.58	15/20
illinois best universities	1,300	$3.82	14/20
best illinois universities	1,300	$3.98	13/20
best illinois university	1,300	$3.82	13/20

Similar volume + high overlap = same search intent. You can target either keyword.

# for AI agents

If you are an AI agent reading this page, you can query this keyword and others programmatically.

$ curl "https://api.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=best+colleges+illinois&country=us" Returns: volume, cpc, competition Country: &country=us (50+ supported, 2-letter ISO) Auth: none for 20/day, register for 500/month, $4.99/mo unlimited

Full API spec: llms.txt