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Acceptance Rate
54.67%
Yield (Enrollment Ratio)
22.99%
Applicants
408,538
Admitted
223,363
Enrolled
51,355
Applying To Illinois Colleges
The average acceptance rate is 54.67% at Illinois colleges and universities where total 408,538 students have applied and 223,363 have been accepted. The average undergraduate application fees is $62.00 and the graduate application fees is $55.00. Next table presents the general admission information for applying to Illinois colleges.
| Open Admission Policy | 143 out of 270 schools |
|---|---|
| Average Undergraduate Application Fees | $ 62.00 |
| Average Graduate Application Fees | $ 55.00 |
| Average Acceptance Rate | 54.67% |
| Average Yield (Enrollment Rate) | 22.99% |
| Average Test Scores | 1,115 SAT / 23 ACT |
Acceptance Rates and Headcounts
For academic year 2020-2021, total 408,538 students (176,680 men and 230,978 women) applied to and 223,363 (90,937 men and 132,340 women) students were accepted to admit Illinois Colleges. Among them, 23,402 men and 27,952 women were enrolled into Illinois schools. The average acceptance rate is 54.67% and admission yield (enrollment rate) is 22.99%. The table below shows the Illinois colleges admission statistics including admission and enrolment rates.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applicants | 408,538 | 176,680 | 230,978 |
| Admitted | 223,363 | 90,937 | 132,340 |
| Enrolled | 51,355 | 23,402 | 27,952 |
| Acceptance Rate | 54.67% | 51.47% | 57.30% |
| Enrollment Ratio | 22.99% | 25.73% | 21.12% |
Average SAT and ACT Scores
For Illinois college, 30,376 students (69.00% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 19,751 students (42.00%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees. For score submitters, SAT 75th percentile score is 1,217 and 25th percentile score is 1,013. For ACT scores, 75th percentile score is 77 and 25th percentile score is 57. Next table shows the detail SAT and ACT scores distribution of enrolled students at Illinois colleges and universities.
| 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence-Based Reading and Writing | 508.00 | 608.00 |
| SAT Math | 505.00 | 609.00 |
| ACT Composite | 20.00 | 26.00 |
| ACT Math | 18.00 | 25.00 |
| ACT English | 19.00 | 26.00 |
Calendar System and Accepted Credits
In Illinois State, 127 schools use semester calendar systems and 23 schools are based on quarter system. Next table lists the number of schools with their calendar systems.
Next table describes credits that Illinois colleges and universities are accepting for their students
Application Requirements
55 Illinois schools require High School GPA and 64 schools require High School Record (or Transcript). The test scores such as SAT and ACT are required by 47 Illinois colleges. Next table summarizes the application requirements for applying to Illinois colleges.
| Required | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| High School GPA | 55 | 5 |
| High School Rank | 7 | 26 |
| High School Record (or Transcript) | 64 | 1 |
| Completion of College Preparatory Program | 24 | 27 |
| Recommendations | 23 | 19 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies | 5 | 9 |
| Admission Test Scores | 47 | 9 |
| TOEFL | 49 | 11 |
| Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.) | 5 | 1 |
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