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Best Colleges in Illinois

All 107 colleges in Illinois, ranked by overall quality and led by University of Chicago, Northwestern University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 23 public, 84 private. median out-of-state tuition $26,892. lowest in-state tuition $3,504 at Waubonsee Community College. Each school below shows its acceptance rate, tuition and average SAT.

By major in Illinois

  1. 1. University of Chicago — Chicago, IL · 4.5% acceptance · SAT 1,554 · $70,662 tuition · 96% grad rate
  2. 2. Northwestern University — Evanston, IL · 7.7% acceptance · SAT 1,533 · $68,322 tuition · 95% grad rate
  3. 3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — Champaign, IL · 42.4% acceptance · SAT 1,440 · $35,124 tuition · 85% grad rate
  4. 4. Elmhurst University — Elmhurst, IL · 73.6% acceptance · SAT 1,151 · $42,955 tuition · 70% grad rate
  5. 5. Loyola University Chicago — Chicago, IL · 81.6% acceptance · SAT 1,297 · $53,710 tuition · 73% grad rate
  6. 6. Dominican University — River Forest, IL · 90.3% acceptance · SAT 1,002 · $38,978 tuition · 55% grad rate
  7. 7. Benedictine University — Lisle, IL · 95.2% acceptance · $35,940 tuition · 50% grad rate
  8. 8. Aurora University — Aurora, IL · 80.9% acceptance · SAT 1,076 · $29,170 tuition · 60% grad rate
  9. 9. Wheaton College — Wheaton, IL · 87.4% acceptance · SAT 1,380 · $45,546 tuition · 85% grad rate
  10. 10. Augustana College — Rock Island, IL · 62.7% acceptance · SAT 1,165 · $51,598 tuition · 73% grad rate
  11. 11. Lake Forest College — Lake Forest, IL · 56.8% acceptance · SAT 1,343 · $56,402 tuition · 78% grad rate
  12. 12. Greenville University — Greenville, IL · 97.5% acceptance · SAT 1,038 · $32,200 tuition · 40% grad rate
  13. 13. Knox College — Galesburg, IL · 70.8% acceptance · SAT 1,326 · $57,903 tuition · 68% grad rate
  14. 14. DePaul University — Chicago, IL · 75.9% acceptance · SAT 1,262 · $45,999 tuition · 68% grad rate
  15. 15. Chicago State University — Chicago, IL · 43.3% acceptance · $12,754 tuition · 15% grad rate
  16. 16. Illinois Wesleyan University — Bloomington, IL · 39.3% acceptance · SAT 1,275 · $57,704 tuition · 75% grad rate
  17. 17. Quincy University — Quincy, IL · 50.9% acceptance · SAT 1,098 · $37,140 tuition · 45% grad rate
  18. 18. Millikin University — Decatur, IL · 66.7% acceptance · SAT 1,034 · $26,892 tuition · 55% grad rate
  19. 19. Illinois Institute of Technology — Chicago, IL · 54.9% acceptance · SAT 1,311 · $52,386 tuition · 75% grad rate
  20. 20. North Central College — Naperville, IL · 77.3% acceptance · SAT 1,213 · $45,726 tuition · 64% grad rate
  21. 21. McKendree University — Lebanon, IL · 71.7% acceptance · $34,740 tuition · 53% grad rate
  22. 22. University of St Francis — Joliet, IL · 65.3% acceptance · SAT 1,141 · $38,110 tuition · 67% grad rate
  23. 23. Olivet Nazarene University — Bourbonnais, IL · 55.9% acceptance · SAT 1,117 · $38,900 tuition · 61% grad rate
  24. 24. Eastern Illinois University — Charleston, IL · 65.4% acceptance · SAT 1,000 · $16,217 tuition · 47% grad rate
  25. 25. Northeastern Illinois University — Chicago, IL · 74.6% acceptance · $22,726 tuition · 22% grad rate
  26. 26. Northern Illinois University — Dekalb, IL · 69.8% acceptance · $13,248 tuition · 49% grad rate
  27. 27. Lewis University — Romeoville, IL · 71.3% acceptance · SAT 1,096 · $39,200 tuition · 67% grad rate
  28. 28. North Park University — Chicago, IL · 68.5% acceptance · $36,710 tuition · 58% grad rate
  29. 29. Western Illinois University — Macomb, IL · 71.2% acceptance · $15,264 tuition · 45% grad rate
  30. 30. Blackburn College — Carlinville, IL · 63.2% acceptance · $28,149 tuition · 57% grad rate
  31. 31. Concordia University-Chicago — River Forest, IL · 92.8% acceptance · $37,488 tuition · 36% grad rate
  32. 32. Eureka College — Eureka, IL · 85% acceptance · $29,096 tuition · 42% grad rate
  33. 33. Illinois College — Jacksonville, IL · 78.2% acceptance · SAT 1,064 · $38,676 tuition · 64% grad rate
  34. 34. Judson University — Elgin, IL · 47.6% acceptance · SAT 1,039 · $31,360 tuition · 60% grad rate
  35. 35. Monmouth College — Monmouth, IL · 90.9% acceptance · SAT 1,128 · $44,922 tuition · 65% grad rate
  36. 36. School of the Art Institute of Chicago — Chicago, IL · 77.5% acceptance · $56,420 tuition · 67% grad rate
  37. 37. Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences — Quincy, IL
  38. 38. Bradley University — Peoria, IL · 76.8% acceptance · $42,160 tuition · 76% grad rate
  39. 39. Carl Sandburg College — Galesburg, IL · $8,900 tuition · 50% grad rate
  40. 40. City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College — Chicago, IL · $15,150 tuition · 26% grad rate
  41. 41. City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College — Chicago, IL · $15,150 tuition · 31% grad rate
  42. 42. Columbia College Chicago — Chicago, IL · 89.5% acceptance · $34,088 tuition · 52% grad rate
  43. 43. Danville Area Community College — Danville, IL · $7,440 tuition · 45% grad rate
  44. 44. College of DuPage — Glen Ellyn, IL · $12,750 tuition · 25% grad rate
  45. 45. East-West University — Chicago, IL · $25,395 tuition · 16% grad rate
  46. 46. Fox College — Tinley Park, IL · 70.2% acceptance · $17,670 tuition · 71% grad rate
  47. 47. Governors State University — University Park, IL · 48.3% acceptance · $12,004 tuition · 22% grad rate
  48. 48. University of Illinois Chicago — Chicago, IL · 77.4% acceptance · SAT 1,250 · $29,884 tuition · 62% grad rate
  49. 49. Illinois State University — Normal, IL · 88.2% acceptance · SAT 1,113 · $28,210 tuition · 65% grad rate
  50. 50. John A Logan College — Carterville, IL · $7,540 tuition · 46% grad rate
  51. 51. John Wood Community College — Quincy, IL · $9,300 tuition · 49% grad rate
  52. 52. Generations College — Chicago, IL · $12,700 tuition · 11% grad rate
  53. 53. Methodist College — Peoria, IL · 38.9% acceptance · $18,008 tuition · 20% grad rate
  54. 54. Moody Bible Institute — Chicago, IL · 82.7% acceptance · $15,786 tuition · 62% grad rate
  55. 55. Morton College — Cicero, IL · $12,414 tuition · 31% grad rate
  56. 56. National Louis University — Chicago, IL · 95.1% acceptance · $12,705 tuition · 30% grad rate
  57. 57. Principia College — Elsah, IL · $34,680 tuition · 74% grad rate
  58. 58. Rock Valley College — Rockford, IL · $7,379 tuition · 37% grad rate
  59. 59. Rockford University — Rockford, IL · 92.9% acceptance · SAT 956 · $37,780 tuition · 47% grad rate
  60. 60. Roosevelt University — Chicago, IL · 97.2% acceptance · SAT 1,011 · $21,315 tuition · 35% grad rate
  61. 61. Rush University — Chicago, IL
  62. 62. Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing — Peoria, IL
  63. 63. St. John's College-Department of Nursing — Springfield, IL
  64. 64. Saint Xavier University — Chicago, IL · 84.3% acceptance · $37,940 tuition · 57% grad rate
  65. 65. University of Illinois Springfield — Springfield, IL · 85.9% acceptance · SAT 1,102 · $22,017 tuition · 53% grad rate
  66. 66. St. Augustine College — Chicago, IL · $13,688 tuition · 17% grad rate
  67. 67. Saint Anthony College of Nursing — Rockford, IL · $27,811 tuition
  68. 68. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale — Carbondale, IL · 86.9% acceptance · SAT 1,055 · $13,334 tuition · 62% grad rate
  69. 69. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville — Edwardsville, IL · 97.5% acceptance · SAT 1,100 · $12,922 tuition · 57% grad rate
  70. 70. South Suburban College — South Holland, IL · $12,683 tuition · 28% grad rate
  71. 71. Trinity Christian College — Palos Heights, IL · 84.9% acceptance · SAT 1,157 · $20,605 tuition · 58% grad rate
  72. 72. Waubonsee Community College — Sugar Grove, IL · $10,477 tuition · 39% grad rate
  73. 73. Worsham College of Mortuary Science — Wheeling, IL · 92% acceptance · $20,500 tuition · 74% grad rate
  74. 74. Rasmussen University-Illinois — Rockford, IL · $14,078 tuition · 43% grad rate
  75. 75. Chamberlain University-Illinois — Addison, IL · 82.6% acceptance · $21,536 tuition · 42% grad rate
  76. 76. Ambria College of Nursing — Hoffman Estates, IL
  77. 77. Midwestern Career College — Chicago, IL · 54% grad rate
  78. 78. Adler University — Chicago, IL
  79. 79. American Islamic College — Chicago, IL · 100% acceptance · $7,650 tuition
  80. 80. Catholic Theological Union at Chicago — Chicago, IL
  81. 81. Midwestern University-Downers Grove — Downers Grove, IL
  82. 82. The Chicago School at Chicago — Chicago, IL · 34.5% acceptance · $21,780 tuition
  83. 83. Chicago Theological Seminary — Chicago, IL
  84. 84. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary — Evanston, IL
  85. 85. Hebrew Theological College — Skokie, IL · 57.1% acceptance · $15,150 tuition · 50% grad rate
  86. 86. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science — North Chicago, IL
  87. 87. Illinois College of Optometry — Chicago, IL
  88. 88. Institute for Clinical Social Work — Chicago, IL
  89. 89. Lake Forest Graduate School of Management — Lake Forest, IL
  90. 90. Lakeview College of Nursing — Danville, IL
  91. 91. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago — Chicago, IL
  92. 92. Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences — Rock Island, IL
  93. 93. McCormick Theological Seminary — Chicago, IL
  94. 94. Meadville Theological School of Lombard College — Chicago, IL
  95. 95. Morrison Institute of Technology — Morrison, IL · $20,355 tuition · 90% grad rate
  96. 96. National University of Health Sciences — Lombard, IL
  97. 97. Northern Baptist Theological Seminary — Lisle, IL
  98. 98. University of Saint Mary of the Lake — Mundelein, IL
  99. 99. Spertus College — Chicago, IL
  100. 100. Taylor Business Institute — Chicago, IL · 91.2% acceptance · $12,000 tuition · 59% grad rate
  101. 101. Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago — Chicago, IL · 100% acceptance · $15,000 tuition
  102. 102. Trinity International University-Illinois — Deerfield, IL · 100% acceptance · $12,320 tuition · 46% grad rate
  103. 103. VanderCook College of Music — Chicago, IL · 89.5% acceptance · $30,910 tuition · 67% grad rate
  104. 104. Erikson Institute — Chicago, IL
  105. 105. NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia — Evanston, IL
  106. 106. Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation Inc. — Chicago, IL
  107. 107. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago — Chicago, IL

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