2024 Tightest Illinois Colleges To Admit Rankings
Among Illinois colleges, University of Chicago has the tightest acceptance rate (5.43%) and Northwestern University has the second lowest rate (7.21%) based on academic year 2022-2023 admission data.
Below table ranks and compares the Tightest Illinois Colleges To Admit having lowest acceptance rate. For the acceptance rate rankings, we only include 4-year Illinois colleges that have competitive admission.
Tightest Illinois Colleges To Admit
| Rank | College Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Tuition & Fees | Student Population | SAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | 37,522 | 2,039 | 1,729 | 5.4% | 84.8% | $65,619 | 18,339 | 1,550 |
| 2 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | 51,261 | 3,695 | 2,038 | 7.2% | 55.2% | $65,997 | 23,161 | 1,530 |
| 3 | DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, IL | 5,986 | 2,575 | 2,173 | 43.0% | 84.4% | $15,032 | 26,384 | 1,050 |
| 4 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | 63,257 | 28,354 | 7,957 | 44.8% | 28.1% | $39,192 | 56,916 | 1,410 |
| 5 | Chicago State University Chicago, IL | 7,404 | 3,592 | 173 | 48.5% | 4.8% | $12,754 | 2,317 | - |
| 6 | Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL | 6,196 | 3,581 | 682 | 57.8% | 19.0% | $37,940 | 3,255 | 1,080 |
| 7 | North Central College Naperville, IL | 5,099 | 3,104 | 483 | 60.9% | 15.6% | $44,394 | 2,695 | 1,150 |
| 8 | Augustana College Rock Island, IL | 6,965 | 4,264 | 593 | 61.2% | 13.9% | $49,834 | 2,349 | 1,120 |
| 9 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL | 7,243 | 4,450 | 620 | 61.4% | 13.9% | $50,917 | 6,943 | 1,290 |
| 10 | Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL | 11,584 | 7,873 | 876 | 68.0% | 11.1% | $15,566 | 8,857 | 1,010 |
Qualified Illinois Colleges in Core Admission Stats
