The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Illinois Private Colleges is 24.61% for the academic year 2023-2024.

University of Chicago has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 84.80% and DeVry University-Illinois (84.39%) and Principia College (61.00%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Illinois Private Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Most Favored Illinois Private Colleges

University of Chicago has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 84.80% and DeVry University-Illinois has the second highest yield of 84.39%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $32,929 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,279 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 59.69% and the average SAT score is 1,246 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 61.10% and the students to faculty ratio is 15 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Most Favored Illinois Private Colleges.

Table. Most Favored Illinois Private Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
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University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 84.80%
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5.43%1,540$66,93918,33995.00%5 to 1
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DeVry University-Illinois Naperville, ILPrivate, 4-year 84.39%
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43.02%1,085$17,48826,38443.00%49 to 1
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Principia College Elsah, ILPrivate, 4-year 61.00%
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47.85%1,125$33,28032376.00%6 to 1
4
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Hebrew Theological College Skokie, ILPrivate, 4-year 60.00%
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71.43%-$14,70016020.00%5 to 1
5
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Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year 55.16%
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7.21%1,530$65,99723,16196.00%6 to 1
6
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Wheaton College Wheaton, ILPrivate, 4-year 30.11%
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88.43%1,340$43,9302,88588.00%12 to 1
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National Louis University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 28.24%
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92.05%-$12,3457,52530.00%15 to 1
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Trinity International University-Illinois Deerfield, ILPrivate, 4-year 28.14%
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91.26%1,025$12,3201,24249.00%12 to 1
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Aurora University Aurora, ILPrivate, 4-year 28.08%
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81.90%1,080$28,2205,91859.00%18 to 1
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McKendree University Lebanon, ILPrivate, 4-year 26.47%
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68.35%-$34,0701,96055.00%17 to 1
Average48.64%59.69%1,246$32,9298,79061.10%15 to 1