How Acceptance Rate Changes over Past 5 Years for Illinois Private Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Illinois Private Colleges is 70.62%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 acceptance rate decreased by 2.4%.
Over the past 5 years, the acceptance rate of Illinois Private Colleges has increased by 4.4% from 66.22% to 70.62%. Of the 48 Illinois Private Colleges, which are 4-year schools and have competitive admission, 32 schools's acceptance rate is higher and 14 schools' rate is lower than 5 years ago.
You can check 2023 acceptance rate along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students at Illinois Private Colleges admission statistics comparison table.

Comparison Table of Acceptance Rate Changes for Illinois Private Colleges

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Acceptance Rate Changes from 2018 to 2023 at Illinois Private Colleges
School Name2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-235-Year Change
American Islamic CollegeChicago, IL-0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%-
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL58.55%57.04%
1.52%
77.78%
20.74%
80.98%
3.2%
78.96%
2.01%
20.41%
Augustana CollegeRock Island, IL63.69%56.62%
7.07%
57.35%
0.73%
69.13%
11.77%
61.22%
7.91%
2.47%
Aurora UniversityAurora, IL81.16%86.73%
5.57%
83.95%
2.79%
86.42%
2.48%
81.90%
4.53%
0.74%
Blackburn CollegeCarlinville, IL51.55%57.14%
5.59%
55.18%
1.97%
66.23%
11.05%
64.37%
1.86%
12.81%
Bradley UniversityPeoria, IL66.81%70.21%
3.4%
73.28%
3.07%
75.86%
2.58%
75.14%
0.72%
8.33%
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at ChicagoChicago, IL--0.00%0.00%6.98%-
University of ChicagoChicago, IL7.26%6.17%
1.09%
7.31%
1.14%
6.48%
0.83%
5.43%
1.04%
1.83%
Columbia College ChicagoChicago, IL86.75%90.22%
3.46%
89.53%
0.69%
95.64%
6.11%
94.77%
0.87%
8.02%
Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, IL76.00%74.72%
1.27%
78.54%
3.82%
87.81%
9.27%
93.04%
5.23%
17.04%
DePaul UniversityChicago, IL67.53%68.22%
0.69%
70.24%
2.02%
69.44%
0.8%
70.17%
0.72%
2.63%
Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, IL67.36%67.78%
0.42%
65.53%
2.26%
71.29%
5.77%
76.01%
4.72%
8.65%
Eureka CollegeEureka, IL57.28%61.84%
4.56%
61.36%
0.48%
86.66%
25.3%
86.72%
0.06%
29.44%
Greenville UniversityGreenville, IL48.39%56.12%
7.72%
59.21%
3.09%
79.54%
20.34%
94.12%
14.57%
45.72%
Hebrew Theological CollegeSkokie, IL92.86%100.00%
7.14%
83.33%
16.67%
80.00%
3.33%
71.43%
8.57%
21.43%
Benedictine UniversityLisle, IL62.83%41.71%
21.12%
60.99%
19.28%
80.02%
19.03%
93.12%
13.1%
30.29%
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, IL58.55%60.80%
2.25%
56.93%
3.87%
45.23%
11.7%
42.22%
3.02%
16.33%
Illinois CollegeJacksonville, IL75.93%78.04%
2.11%
75.24%
2.8%
74.76%
0.49%
77.18%
2.42%
1.25%
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL58.18%60.23%
2.05%
60.66%
0.43%
66.11%
5.45%
61.44%
4.67%
3.26%
Judson UniversityElgin, IL71.01%38.53%
32.49%
57.01%
18.48%
62.40%
5.39%
58.20%
4.2%
12.82%
Knox CollegeGalesburg, IL74.21%68.33%
5.89%
70.84%
2.52%
70.24%
0.61%
73.32%
3.08%
0.9%
Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, IL57.92%55.20%
2.72%
57.61%
2.41%
64.43%
6.83%
59.72%
4.71%
1.8%
Lewis UniversityRomeoville, IL57.76%63.90%
6.14%
66.06%
2.15%
71.26%
5.2%
74.06%
2.8%
16.3%
Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL67.92%67.22%
0.7%
70.54%
3.31%
76.98%
6.44%
79.15%
2.17%
11.22%
McKendree UniversityLebanon, IL66.63%63.35%
3.28%
70.08%
6.73%
77.68%
7.6%
68.35%
9.32%
1.72%
Methodist CollegePeoria, IL39.19%43.94%
4.75%
87.50%
43.56%
100.00%
12.5%
33.33%
66.67%
5.86%
Millikin UniversityDecatur, IL61.26%71.25%
10%
71.15%
0.11%
74.81%
3.66%
75.40%
0.58%
14.14%
Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, IL69.37%66.67%
2.7%
69.43%
2.77%
65.64%
3.8%
90.70%
25.07%
21.34%
Moody Bible InstituteChicago, IL95.07%94.41%
0.66%
97.51%
3.1%
97.65%
0.14%
94.14%
3.52%
0.93%
National Louis UniversityChicago, IL85.83%97.67%
11.84%
97.46%
0.21%
97.04%
0.43%
92.05%
4.99%
6.22%
North Central CollegeNaperville, IL55.68%53.64%
2.04%
53.29%
0.36%
68.40%
15.11%
60.87%
7.53%
5.19%
North Park UniversityChicago, IL46.58%47.64%
1.07%
43.96%
3.69%
67.14%
23.18%
68.01%
0.87%
21.43%
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL8.47%9.05%
0.59%
9.31%
0.26%
6.97%
2.33%
7.21%
0.24%
1.26%
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, IL65.06%57.76%
7.3%
66.57%
8.81%
60.55%
6.02%
57.80%
2.76%
7.27%
Principia CollegeElsah, IL91.95%91.43%
0.52%
93.24%
1.81%
84.06%
9.19%
47.85%
36.21%
44.1%
Quincy UniversityQuincy, IL68.15%61.76%
6.4%
67.13%
5.37%
59.80%
7.33%
61.70%
1.91%
6.45%
Rockford UniversityRockford, IL49.03%54.24%
5.21%
50.82%
3.43%
66.78%
15.97%
54.91%
11.87%
5.88%
Roosevelt UniversityChicago, IL64.85%67.30%
2.45%
76.52%
9.22%
92.29%
15.77%
88.32%
3.97%
23.47%
Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, IL63.79%64.34%
0.56%
76.46%
12.12%
80.94%
4.47%
89.53%
8.59%
25.74%
University of St FrancisJoliet, IL46.78%45.62%
1.16%
60.09%
14.47%
68.23%
8.14%
58.42%
9.82%
11.64%
Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, IL73.95%72.65%
1.31%
79.00%
6.36%
84.79%
5.79%
84.13%
0.66%
10.18%
Telshe Yeshiva-ChicagoChicago, IL100.00%91.67%
8.33%
100.00%
8.33%
93.33%
6.67%
94.29%
0.95%
5.71%
Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights, IL64.23%69.06%
4.83%
63.66%
5.41%
76.24%
12.58%
70.68%
5.56%
6.45%
Trinity International University-IllinoisDeerfield, IL73.03%60.24%
12.79%
85.92%
25.68%
91.42%
5.5%
91.26%
0.16%
18.23%
VanderCook College of MusicChicago, IL93.10%85.19%
7.92%
100.00%
14.81%
100.00%100.00% 6.9%
Wheaton CollegeWheaton, IL82.65%84.81%
2.16%
86.95%
2.14%
86.25%
0.7%
88.43%
2.18%
5.78%
Chamberlain University-IllinoisAddison, IL77.50%100.00%
22.5%
91.67%
8.33%
92.86%
1.19%
90.91%
1.95%
13.41%
DeVry University-IllinoisNaperville, IL94.50%95.72%
1.22%
44.37%
51.35%
45.52%
1.15%
43.02%
2.51%
51.48%
Average66.22%64.60%
1.62%
66.26%
1.66%
73.03%
6.77%
70.62%
2.4%
4.40%
*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)
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