Illinois Colleges with the Highest Yield

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Illinois Colleges is 21.15% for the academic year 2024-2025.

University of Chicago has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 88.29% and Hebrew Theological College (87.50%) and DeVry University-Illinois (77.79%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Illinois 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.

University of Chicago has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 88.29% and Hebrew Theological College has the second highest yield of 87.50%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $36,302 and graduate tuition & fees is $25,806 for the academic year 2024-2025.

For these well-regarded Most Favored Illinois Colleges, the average acceptance rate is 58.91% and the average SAT score is 1,238, indicating a moderately selective admissions process.

Comparison between Most Favored Illinois Colleges

Table. Most Favored Illinois Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 88.29%
0.35%		4.48%1,550$69,32418,56696.00%5 to 1
2
1		Hebrew Theological College Skokie, ILPrivate, 4-year 87.50%
4.89%		57.14%-$15,15018250.00%5 to 1
3
1		DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, ILPrivate, 4-year 77.79%
4.93%		98.38%860$17,00831,29637.00%43 to 1
4
1		Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year 55.31%
1.70%		7.69%1,540$68,32223,85695.00%6 to 1
5
37		Trinity International University-Illinois Deerfield, ILPrivate, 4-year 46.15%
37.61%		100.00%-$12,32086946.00%3 to 1
6
1		Judson University Elgin, ILPrivate, 4-year 39.24%
6.94%		47.59%930$30,29796060.00%10 to 1
7
1		Wheaton College Wheaton, ILPrivate, 4-year 29.89%
3.05%		87.40%1,380$45,5462,87485.00%10 to 1
8
-		University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, 4-year 28.83%
0.56%		42.37%1,440$40,096
($18,267)		59,23885.00%20 to 1
9
4		Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, ILPrivate, 4-year 24.46%
2.54%		55.86%1,100$38,9003,33961.00%15 to 1
10
2		Illinois State University Normal, ILPublic, 4-year 22.53%
0.22%		88.15%1,100$26,058
($14,410)		21,54665.00%19 to 1
Average50.00%58.91%1,238$36,302
($16,339)		16,27368.00%14 to 1