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71.57% Applicants Accepted to Illinois Colleges

What is the Average Acceptance Rate in Illinois?

The average acceptance rate of Illinois colleges is 71.57%. Total 283,530 students have accepted out of 485,954. By gender, the acceptance rate of female students is 73.78% and male students' rate is 67.01%
The next schools are the top 5 Illinois colleges that have the lowest acceptance rate. University of Chicago has the lowest acceptance rate of 5.43% among Illinois colleges. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago and Northwestern University also have low acceptance rate of 6.98% and 7.21% respectively. The top schools are selected with an minimum number of new students (first-time students) of 100. You can view more schools at Illinois colleges with lowest acceptance rate.
The following table summarizes the average acceptance rate in Illinois by school type and level.
Illinois Colleges The Average Acceptance Rate
TotalPublicPrivate (not-for-profit)Private (for-profit)
4 years colleges70.70%71.01%70.78%66.97%
Acceptance Rate by Gender at Illinois colleges
ApplicantsAcceptedAcceptance Rate
Total485,954283,53071.57%
Female270,540168,83173.78%
Male213,283113,80567.01%
The following table shows the Illinois Colleges with The Average Acceptance Rate. You can see more schools and narrow down the results in search result page.
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Illinois Colleges with The Average Acceptance Rate
School NameLocationAcceptance RateApplicantsAccepted
American Islamic College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL100.00%11
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL78.96%6,0754,797
Augustana College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Rock Island, IL61.22%6,9654,264
Aurora University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Aurora, IL81.90%2,9222,393
Blackburn College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Carlinville, IL64.37%783504
Bradley University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Peoria, IL75.14%11,3528,530
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL6.98%433
Chicago State University
Public, four-years
Chicago, IL48.51%7,4043,592
University of Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL5.43%37,5222,039
Columbia College Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL94.77%7,7017,298
Concordia University-Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
River Forest, IL93.04%4,2963,997
DePaul University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL70.17%31,78522,302
Eastern Illinois University
Public, four-years
Charleston, IL67.96%11,5847,873
Elmhurst University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Elmhurst, IL76.01%5,7314,356
Eureka College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Eureka, IL86.72%934810
Fox College
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Tinley Park, IL69.84%6344
Governors State University
Public, four-years
University Park, IL57.48%1,8651,072
Graham Hospital School of Nursing
Private (not-for-profit), 2-4 years
Canton, IL100.00%22
Greenville University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Greenville, IL94.12%1,2751,200
Hebrew Theological College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Skokie, IL71.43%75
University of Illinois Chicago
Public, four-years
Chicago, IL78.69%23,56218,541
Benedictine University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Lisle, IL93.12%2,7462,557
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Public, four-years
Champaign, IL44.82%63,25728,354
Illinois Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Bloomington, IL42.22%4,4081,861
Illinois College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Jacksonville, IL77.18%3,2432,503
Illinois Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL61.44%7,2434,450
Illinois State University
Public, four-years
Normal, IL86.24%19,59616,899
Judson University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Elgin, IL58.20%1,153671
Knox College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Galesburg, IL73.32%2,9872,190
Lake Forest College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Lake Forest, IL59.72%4,6652,786
Lewis University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Romeoville, IL74.06%4,7463,515
Loyola University Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL79.15%40,90932,379
McKendree University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Lebanon, IL68.35%2,3321,594
Methodist College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Peoria, IL33.33%5418
Millikin University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Decatur, IL75.40%2,9022,188
Monmouth College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Monmouth, IL90.70%1,8181,649
Moody Bible Institute
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL94.14%324305
National Louis University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL92.05%3,1812,928
North Central College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Naperville, IL60.87%5,0993,104
North Park University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL68.01%5,0393,427
Northern Illinois University
Public, four-years
Dekalb, IL70.68%25,96118,348
Northwestern University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Evanston, IL7.21%51,2613,695
Northeastern Illinois University
Public, four-years
Chicago, IL62.70%4,6032,886
Olivet Nazarene University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Bourbonnais, IL57.80%6,1963,581
Principia College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Elsah, IL47.85%209100
Quincy University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Quincy, IL61.70%1,7601,086
Rockford University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Rockford, IL54.91%2,7791,526
Roosevelt University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL88.32%2,9972,647
Dominican University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
River Forest, IL89.53%5,1174,581
University of St Francis
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Joliet, IL58.42%2,1981,284
Saint Xavier University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL84.13%7,8336,590
National Latino Education Institute
Private (not-for-profit), less than 2-years
Chicago, IL-%--
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Public, four-years
Carbondale, IL91.50%9,7718,940
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Public, four-years
Edwardsville, IL97.51%9,3259,093
Taylor Business Institute
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Chicago, IL79.41%3427
Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL94.29%3533
Trinity Christian College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Palos Heights, IL70.68%706499
Trinity International University-Illinois
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Deerfield, IL91.26%366334
VanderCook College of Music
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicago, IL100.00%2222
Western Illinois University
Public, four-years
Macomb, IL75.00%9,2196,914
Wheaton College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Wheaton, IL88.43%1,8931,674
Worsham College of Mortuary Science
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Wheeling, IL76.47%1713
MDT College of Health Sciences
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Chicago, IL83.78%3731
Chamberlain University-Illinois
Private (for-profit), four-years
Addison, IL90.91%5550
DeVry University-Illinois
Private (for-profit), four-years
Naperville, IL43.02%5,9862,575