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Illinois Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
Chicago State University, has the lowest yield rate of 4.82% for academic year 2022-2023 in Illinois. Concordia University-Chicago is positioned second with 6.68% yield and University of Illinois Springfield follows them with 8%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in Illinois.
Illinois Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Chicago State University
Public, four-yearsChicago, IL
4.82% 7,404 3,592 173 48.51%
2Concordia University-Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRiver Forest, IL
6.68% 4,296 3,997 267 93.04%
3University of Illinois Springfield
Public, four-yearsSpringfield, IL
8.22% 3,634 2,981 245 82.03%
4Loyola University Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
8.85% 40,909 32,379 2,864 79.15%
5Illinois College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJacksonville, IL
9.31% 3,243 2,503 233 77.18%
6Saint Xavier University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
9.97% 7,833 6,590 657 84.13%
7Rockford University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRockford, IL
11.01% 2,779 1,526 168 54.91%
8Eastern Illinois University
Public, four-yearsCharleston, IL
11.13% 11,584 7,873 876 67.96%
9Knox College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGalesburg, IL
11.28% 2,987 2,190 247 73.32%
10Bradley University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPeoria, IL
12.15% 11,352 8,530 1,036 75.14%