Colleges in Illinois: A Parent's Guide
Below are colleges across Illinois with acceptance rates, SAT/ACT ranges, and net price data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Schools are listed by admission selectivity, most selective first.
- Northwestern University5% acceptance · $66,939 in-state tuition
- University of Chicago7% acceptance · $65,997 in-state tuition
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign44% acceptance · $16,004 in-state tuition
- Lake Forest College54% acceptance · $26,892 in-state tuition
- DePaul University55% acceptance · $51,763 in-state tuition
- Knox College58% acceptance · $44,394 in-state tuition
- City Colleges of Chicago63% acceptance · $30,910 in-state tuition
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago68% acceptance · $49,834 in-state tuition
- University of Illinois Chicago70% acceptance · $12,700 in-state tuition
- Bradley University72% acceptance · $10,758 in-state tuition
- College of DuPage81% acceptance · $51,716 in-state tuition
- Augustana College84% acceptance · $12,252 in-state tuition
- Wheaton College86% acceptance · $36,840 in-state tuition
- Illinois State University89% acceptance · $16,021 in-state tuition
- Southern Illinois University-Carbondale90% acceptance · $13,244 in-state tuition
- Loyola University Chicago93% acceptance · $12,345 in-state tuition
- Oakton College— · $4,284 in-state tuition