Colleges in Illinois: admission rates, test scores and cost

58 colleges in Illinois that mostly award bachelor's degrees and report an admission rate, most selective first. Net price is the average a year after grants and scholarships; at public colleges it's the price for in-state students.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release).

Colleges in Illinois, most selective first
College	Admission rate	SAT middle 50%	Average net price	Graduation rate
University of Chicago	4.5%	1510–1580	$16,776	95%
Northwestern University	7.7%	1510–1570	$34,420	96%
The Chicago School at Chicago	35%	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Methodist College	39%	Not reported	$41,238	30%
Illinois Wesleyan University	39%	1120–1340	$27,863	73%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	42%	1310–1520	$13,042 in-state	86%
Chicago State University	43%	Not reported	$7,273 in-state	15%
Judson University	48%	816–1118	$19,224	34%
Governors State University	48%	Not reported	$15,833 in-state	23%
Quincy University	51%	1000–1200	$22,711	44%
Illinois Institute of Technology	55%	1180–1440	$22,443	71%
Olivet Nazarene University	56%	950–1220	$19,978	60%
Lake Forest College	57%	1190–1393	$24,987	73%
Hebrew Theological College	57%	Not reported	$12,583	77%
Augustana College	63%	1030–1270	$21,153	73%
Blackburn College	63%	Not reported	$25,577	45%
Eastern Illinois University	65%	880–1090	$12,717 in-state	50%
University of St Francis	65%	1030–1220	$15,961	64%
Millikin University	67%	860–1130	$16,652	51%
North Park University	69%	Not reported	$15,949	52%
Northern Illinois University	70%	Not reported	$14,505 in-state	49%
Knox College	71%	1180–1440	$19,292	73%
Western Illinois University	71%	Not reported	$10,018 in-state	49%
Lewis University	71%	960–1210	$17,318	57%
McKendree University	72%	Not reported	$18,457	51%
Elmhurst University	74%	990–1260	$23,165	64%
Northeastern Illinois University	75%	Not reported	$9,377 in-state	25%
DePaul University	76%	1140–1330	$27,108	67%
Bradley University	77%	Not reported	$22,469	74%
North Central College	77%	1055–1310	$22,836	62%
University of Illinois Chicago	77%	1130–1350	$9,540 in-state	62%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago	78%	Not reported	$53,331	68%
Illinois College	78%	883–1180	$18,763	61%
Aurora University	81%	900–1150	$19,385	61%
Loyola University Chicago	82%	1170–1360	$36,340	72%
Chamberlain University-Illinois	83%	Not reported	$38,263	35%
Moody Bible Institute	83%	Not reported	$19,426	63%
Saint Xavier University	84%	Not reported	$10,171	55%
Trinity Christian College	85%	1050–1320	$15,155	64%
Eureka College	85%	Not reported	$21,198	36%
University of Illinois Springfield	86%	940–1200	$7,528 in-state	53%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	87%	900–1160	$12,554 in-state	59%
Wheaton College	87%	1260–1470	$26,059	82%
Illinois State University	88%	990–1210	$17,829 in-state	67%
Columbia College Chicago	90%	Not reported	$36,529	47%
VanderCook College of Music	90%	Not reported	$21,556	27%
Dominican University	90%	880–1100	$14,013	61%
Monmouth College	91%	1000–1210	$17,612	58%
Concordia University-Chicago	93%	Not reported	$17,217	47%
Rockford University	93%	850–1070	$22,581	44%
National Louis University	95%	Not reported	$10,364	32%
Benedictine University	95%	Not reported	$18,910	43%
Roosevelt University	97%	895–1175	$21,512	34%
Greenville University	98%	771–1230	$20,905	52%
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	98%	950–1190	$13,111 in-state	56%
American Islamic College	100%	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago	100%	Not reported	$8,494	53%
Trinity International University-Illinois	100%	Not reported	Not reported	46%

Graduation rate: first-time, full-time students who finished within six years. A dash means the college didn't report that number.

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