keyword

illinois best universities

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

$ curl "https://api.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=illinois+best+universities&country=us" +--------------+------------------+ | volume | 1,300 | | cpc | $3.82 | | competition | 0.07 | | country | US | | updated | 2026-06-20 | +--------------+------------------+

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
best colleges in illinois	2,400	$5.96	18/20
top colleges illinois	1,900	$4.64	14/20
great colleges in illinois	1,900	$4.64	13/20
top illinois universities	1,300	$9.58	20/20
best universities in illinois	1,300	$9.58	18/20
top universities in il	1,300	$3.98	14/20
illinois universities ranking	880	$5.18	13/20
universities in illinois ranking	880	$4.25	13/20
university ranking in illinois	880	$4.25	13/20
what is the best university in illinois	140	$0	14/20

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=illinois+best+universities&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