For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Illinois Public Graduate Schools is 65.81%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 20.38%. A total of 186,147 have applied, 122,512 admitted, and 24,963 students have enrolled one of Illinois Public Graduate Schools.

Of the Illinois colleges, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the tightest school to admit with 44.82% acceptance rate, and Chicago State University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 48.51%.

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Illinois Public Graduate Schools
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
 Chicago State UniversityChicago, IL7,4043,592173 48.51%4.82%
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, IL11,5847,873876 67.96%11.13%
Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, IL1,8651,072316 57.48%29.48%
Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL19,59616,8993,983 86.24%23.57%
Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, IL4,6032,886516 62.70%17.88%
Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, IL25,96118,3482,440 70.68%13.30%
Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, IL9,7718,9401,518 91.50%16.98%
Southern Illinois University-EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, IL9,3259,0931,866 97.51%20.52%
University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL23,56218,5414,244 78.69%22.89%
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL63,25728,3547,957 44.82%28.06%
Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, IL9,2196,9141,074 75.00%15.53%
Average16,92211,1372,26965.81%20.38%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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