University of Chicago
University of Chicago admitted 4.5% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1510–1580 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $16,776 a year. Within six years, 95% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 4.5%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1510–1580
- ACT middle 50%
- 34–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $94,971 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $16,776 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $394 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $73,962 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 95%
- Students who return for a second year
- 99%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $103,872 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,569
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 17%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 5 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 40%
- Mathematics and statistics
- 10%
- Computer and information sciences
- 8%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 8%
- Physical sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Princeton University NJ · 4.6% admitted
- Columbia University in the City of New York NY · 4% admitted
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · 4.5% admitted
- Brown University RI · 5.4% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
- Stanford University CA · 3.6% admitted
More colleges in Illinois
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · 42% admitted
- University of Illinois Chicago IL · 77% admitted
- Illinois State University IL · 88% admitted
- DePaul University IL · 76% admitted
- Chamberlain University-Illinois IL · 83% admitted
- Loyola University Chicago IL · 82% admitted
- Northern Illinois University IL · 70% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% admitted
Official sources
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.