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 88.29% for academic year 2024-2025 in Illinois. Northwestern University is positioned second with 55.31% yield and Judson University follows them with 39%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Illinois.

Most Favored Illinois Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	University of Chicago Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL	88.29%	43,612	1,955	1,726	4.48%
2	Northwestern University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEvanston, IL	55.31%	49,474	3,806	2,105	7.69%
3	Judson University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsElgin, IL	39.24%	830	395	155	47.59%
4	Wheaton College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWheaton, IL	29.89%	2,040	1,783	533	87.40%
5	Quincy University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsQuincy, IL	29.49%	1,771	902	266	50.93%
6	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Public, four-yearsChampaign, IL	28.83%	73,742	31,247	9,008	42.37%
7	Blackburn College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCarlinville, IL	25.74%	910	575	148	63.19%
8	Olivet Nazarene University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBourbonnais, IL	24.46%	5,789	3,234	791	55.86%
9	Trinity Christian College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPalos Heights, IL	23.19%	650	552	128	84.92%
10	Illinois State University Public, four-yearsNormal, IL	22.53%	21,573	19,017	4,285	88.15%

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Most Favored Illinois Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

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