58.80% of Applicants Accepted to Illinois Colleges in 2025 Admission

534,828

Applicants

314,455

Admitted

58.80%

Acceptance Rate

16.75%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Illinois colleges is 58.80%, 314,455 accepted out of 534,828 applicants.

For Illinois college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 23,593 (4.61%) compared to last year, from 511,235 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 911, which is less than -1.70% last year.

Illinois colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.06% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Illinois colleges. The yield decreased by 1.09%.

Among Illinois colleges, University of Chicago has the lowest acceptance rate of 4.48% with 1,955 accepted students out of 43,612 applicants. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the most number of applicants of 73,742 and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 9,008.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Illinois Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Illinois. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Illinois Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
University of Chicago43,612
4,981		1,955
106		1,726
100		4.48%
-0.31%		88.29%
0.35%
Northwestern University49,474
-2,295		3,806
103		2,105
-6		7.69%
0.54%		55.31%
-1.70%
The Chicago School at Chicago29
2		10
1		4
3		34.48%
1.15%		40.00%
28.89%
Methodist College18
-27		7
-7		4
-10		38.89%
7.78%		57.14%
-42.86%
Illinois Wesleyan University9,558
3,430		3,757
989		461
20		39.31%
-5.86%		12.27%
-3.66%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign73,742
6,344		31,247
1,801		9,008
683		42.37%
-1.32%		28.83%
0.56%
Chicago State University10,638
1,180		4,602
770		173
-50		43.26%
2.74%		3.76%
-2.06%
Judson University830
-43		395
-156		155
-23		47.59%
-15.53%		39.24%
6.94%
Governors State University2,9441,42123948.27%16.82%
Quincy University1,771
-426		902
-194		266
-61		50.93%
1.04%		29.49%
-0.35%
Illinois Institute of Technology12,216
3,304		6,710
1,771		519
-15		54.93%
-0.49%		7.73%
-3.08%
Olivet Nazarene University5,789
1,363		3,234
273		791
142		55.86%
-11.04%		24.46%
2.54%
Career Center of Southern Illinois23131356.52%100.00%
Lake Forest College5,356
545		3,043
185		415
-10		56.81%
-2.60%		13.64%
-1.23%
Hebrew Theological College14
-11		8
-15		7
-12		57.14%
-34.86%		87.50%
4.89%
Augustana College7,857
433		4,925
-97		664
-59		62.68%
-4.97%		13.48%
-0.92%
Blackburn College910
-203		575
-317		148
62		63.19%
-16.95%		25.74%
16.10%
MDT College of Health Sciences190
128		122
80		85
45		64.21%
-3.53%		69.67%
-25.57%
University of St Francis2,250
362		1,469
262		209
-29		65.29%
1.36%		14.23%
-5.49%
Eastern Illinois University12,539
891		8,194
302		804
-15		65.35%
-2.40%		9.81%
-0.57%
Millikin University5,144
1,135		3,430
1,263		342
13		66.68%
12.63%		9.97%
-5.21%
North Park University4,309
841		2,952
426		423
-32		68.51%
-4.33%		14.33%
-3.68%
Northern Illinois University23,651
-526		16,505
-528		1,991
-211		69.79%
-0.66%		12.06%
-0.87%
Fox College47
-17		33
-16		13
-14		70.21%
-6.35%		39.39%
-15.71%
Knox College4,899
763		3,468
526		398
149		70.79%
-0.34%		11.48%
3.02%
Western Illinois University8,674
195		6,174
-182		634
-334		71.18%
-3.78%		10.27%
-4.96%
Lewis University6,302
1,011		4,493
645		686
66		71.29%
-1.44%		15.27%
-0.84%
McKendree University3,066
414		2,199
505		413
-23		71.72%
7.84%		18.78%
-6.96%
Elmhurst University6,245
-9		4,599
-138		576
-31		73.64%
-2.10%		12.52%
-0.29%
Northeastern Illinois University8,955
474		6,680
709		567
14		74.60%
4.20%		8.49%
-0.77%
DePaul University31,266
-910		23,729
69		2,566
-377		75.89%
2.36%		10.81%
-1.63%
Bradley University9,458
-680		7,260
-512		811
-22		76.76%
0.10%		11.17%
0.45%
North Central College4,596
-645		3,554
498		482
-34		77.33%
19.02%		13.56%
-3.32%
University of Illinois Chicago27,085
1,665		20,951
996		4,419
-228		77.35%
-1.15%		21.09%
-2.20%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago6,626
-7		5,133
64		604
-72		77.47%
1.05%		11.77%
-1.57%
Illinois College3,820
160		2,987
254		246
-7		78.19%
3.52%		8.24%
-1.02%
Aurora University5,384
120		4,353
-129		677
-152		80.85%
-4.29%		15.55%
-2.95%
Loyola University Chicago39,315
-1,153		32,081
-856		2,763
-188		81.60%
0.21%		8.61%
-0.35%
Chamberlain University-Illinois121
51		100
38		66
18		82.64%
-5.93%		66.00%
-11.42%
Moody Bible Institute387
143		320
82		211
49		82.69%
-14.85%		65.94%
-2.13%
Saint Xavier University6,434
-782		5,424
-764		735
-24		84.30%
-1.45%		13.55%
1.28%
Trinity Christian College650
-2		552
-26		128
-31		84.92%
-3.73%		23.19%
-4.32%
Eureka College1,186
145		1,008
87		160
31		84.99%
-3.48%		15.87%
1.86%
University of Illinois Springfield2,430
-65		2,087
-18		262
3		85.88%
1.51%		12.55%
0.25%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale10,858
457		9,433
26		1,758
137		86.88%
-3.56%		18.64%
1.41%
Wheaton College2,040
174		1,783
104		533
-20		87.40%
-2.58%		29.89%
-3.05%
Illinois State University21,573
689		19,017
428		4,285
138		88.15%
-0.86%		22.53%
0.22%
Columbia College Chicago7,079
-794		6,333
-845		959
-649		89.46%
-1.71%		15.14%
-7.26%
VanderCook College of Music38
1		34
-2		15
-2		89.47%
-7.83%		44.12%
-3.10%
Dominican University6,873
337		6,208
992		749
98		90.32%
10.52%		12.07%
-0.41%
Monmouth College1,577
-37		1,434
36		200
-11		90.93%
4.31%		13.95%
-1.14%
Taylor Business Institute57
29		52
27		52
30		91.23%
1.94%		100.00%
12.00%
Worsham College of Mortuary Science25
3		23
7		1692.00%
19.27%		69.57%
-30.43%
Concordia University-Chicago4,200
-407		3,897
-404		300
-27		92.79%
-0.57%		7.70%
0.10%
Rockford University1,721
-1,258		1,599
-106		214
23		92.91%
35.68%		13.38%
2.18%
Capital Area Career Center36
-18		34
-20		34
24		94.44%
-5.56%		100.00%
81.48%
National Louis University4,063
-82		3,862
2		711
-74		95.05%
1.93%		18.41%
-1.93%
Benedictine University3,043
255		2,898
745		451
97		95.23%
18.01%		15.56%
-0.88%
Roosevelt University7,427
1,440		7,216
1,572		631
31		97.16%
2.89%		8.74%
-1.89%
Greenville University1,757
484		1,713
499		255
45		97.50%
2.13%		14.89%
-2.41%
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville10,150
1,213		9,896
1,208		1,550
-52		97.50%
0.29%		15.66%
-2.78%
DeVry University-Illinois2,833
-3,481		2,787
56		2,168
-91		98.38%
55.13%		77.79%
-4.93%
Graham Hospital School of Nursing1
-3		1
-3		1
-3		100.00%100.00%
Americare Technical School2
-28		2
-26		2
-26		100.00%
6.67%		100.00%
Trinity International University-Illinois13
-251		13
-233		6
-15		100.00%
6.82%		46.15%
37.61%
American Islamic College9
6		9
6		8
5		100.00%88.89%
-11.11%
Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago24
5		24
5		24
6		100.00%100.00%
5.26%