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Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate in Illinois

Northwestern University has the highest graduation rate of 96% for academic year 2022-2023 in Illinois. University of Chicago is ranked second with 95% and Wheaton College follows them with 88%. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have high graduation rates with transfer-out rates and retention rates. You may want to check colleges having the lowest graduation rates in Illinois.
Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate in Illinois
NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateRetention Rate (full-time/part-time)
1Northwestern University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEvanston, IL
96%-98%
2University of Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
95%-99%
3Wheaton College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWheaton, IL
88%9%90%
4University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Public, four-yearsChampaign, IL
84%-93%
5Illinois Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBloomington, IL
79%-82%
6Augustana College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRock Island, IL
77%-81%
7Lake Forest College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLake Forest, IL
77%16%85%
8Bradley University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPeoria, IL
76%-83%
9Principia College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsElsah, IL
76%-82%
10Illinois Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
75%13%85%
11Knox College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGalesburg, IL
74%18%82%
12Loyola University Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
70%22%81%
13DePaul University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
69%18%84%
14Trinity Christian College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPalos Heights, IL
68%-77%
15Illinois College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJacksonville, IL
67%-73%
16Illinois State University
Public, four-yearsNormal, IL
66%-80%
17Olivet Nazarene University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBourbonnais, IL
66%-77%
18University of St Francis
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJoliet, IL
64%-71%
19Elmhurst University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsElmhurst, IL
63%-80%
20North Central College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNaperville, IL
63%-77%