2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Between Illinois Public Colleges

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Illinois Public Colleges
School Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Admission Yield
Chicago State University Chicago, IL	7,404	3,592	173	48.51%	4.82%
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL	11,584	7,873	876	67.96%	11.13%
Governors State University University Park, IL	1,865	1,072	316	57.48%	29.48%
Illinois State University Normal, IL	19,596	16,899	3,983	86.24%	23.57%
Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL	4,603	2,886	516	62.70%	17.88%
Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	25,961	18,348	2,440	70.68%	13.30%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	9,771	8,940	1,518	91.50%	16.98%
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL	9,325	9,093	1,866	97.51%	20.52%
University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	23,562	18,541	4,244	78.69%	22.89%
University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL	3,634	2,981	245	82.03%	8.22%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	63,257	28,354	7,957	44.82%	28.06%
Western Illinois University Macomb, IL	9,219	6,914	1,074	75.00%	15.53%
Average	15,815	10,458	2,101	66.13%	20.09%

*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

**Information is not available for schools that are not appeared in the table. The schools have not report the information to the IPEDS or not applicable.)

Illinois Public Colleges with Outstanding Admission Stats

Tightest Schools (Lowest Acceptance Rates)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 44.82%
Chicago State University 48.51%
Governors State University 57.48%
Northeastern Illinois University 62.70%
Eastern Illinois University 67.96%

Favored Schools (Highest Admission Yield)

Governors State University 29.48%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 28.06%
University of Illinois Chicago 22.89%
Illinois State University 23.57%
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 20.52%

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Acceptance Rate Comparison between Illinois Public Colleges

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Illinois Public Colleges with Outstanding Admission Stats

Tightest Schools (Lowest Acceptance Rates)

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