Most Favored Illinois Colleges

Most Favored Illinois Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Illinois. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.

University of Chicago, has the highest yield rate of 83.46% for academic year 2021-2022 in Illinois. Principia College is positioned second with 68.10% yield and Northwestern University follows them with 63%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Illinois.

Most Favored Illinois Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2022)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	University of Chicago Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL	83.46%	37,974	2,460	2,053	6.48%
2	Principia College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsElsah, IL	68.10%	138	116	79	84.06%
3	Northwestern University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEvanston, IL	62.81%	47,636	3,321	2,086	6.97%
4	National Louis University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL	37.88%	1,518	1,473	558	97.04%
5	Governors State University Public, four-yearsUniversity Park, IL	31.91%	1,168	608	194	52.05%
6	Wheaton College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWheaton, IL	31.76%	1,993	1,719	546	86.25%
7	Illinois State University Public, four-yearsNormal, IL	30.94%	11,913	10,905	3,374	91.54%
8	Aurora University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAurora, IL	30.67%	3,101	2,680	822	86.42%
9	Judson University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsElgin, IL	30.62%	984	614	188	62.40%
10	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Public, four-yearsChampaign, IL	29.22%	47,593	28,395	8,297	59.66%

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