1,149 SAT and 25 ACT in Average for Illinois Colleges in 2025 Admission

1,149

SAT Score

25

ACT Score

For the 2025 Illinois college admission cycle, a total of 14,511 enrolled students submitted SAT scores and 4,911 students submitted ACT scores to Illinois colleges.

The average SAT score for Illinois colleges is 1,149 and the average ACT composite score is 25. Compared to the previous year, the Illinois's average SAT score increased by 13 points from 1,136 to 1,149, representing a 1.1% change. The average ACT score increased by 1 points, from 25 to 25.

The average acceptance rate for Illinois colleges with available SAT data is 55.25% with a yield rate of 18.15%. This represents a 3.48 percentage point decrease in selectivity compared to the previous admission cycle.

Among Illinois colleges, University of Chicago has the highest SAT score of 1,550.

Average SAT Scores for Illinois Colleges

The following table compares the SAT scores 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
SAT Scores for Illinois Colleges
SchoolSAT ScoreACT ScoreAcceptance RateYield
University of Chicago1,550354.48%
-0.31%		88.29%
0.35%
Northwestern University1,540
10		347.69%
0.54%		55.31%
-1.70%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1,440
30		3242.37%
-1.32%		28.83%
0.56%
Wheaton College1,380
30		3087.40%
-2.58%		29.89%
-3.05%
Knox College1,320
70		29
3		70.79%
-0.34%		11.48%
3.02%
Lake Forest College1,320
40		30
1		56.81%
-2.60%		13.64%
-1.23%
Illinois Institute of Technology1,300
10		29
1		54.93%
-0.49%		7.73%
-3.08%
Loyola University Chicago1,260
10		2981.60%
0.21%		8.61%
-0.35%
DePaul University1,240
10		2875.89%
2.36%		10.81%
-1.63%
University of Illinois Chicago1,240
10		2877.35%
-1.15%		21.09%
-2.20%
Illinois Wesleyan University1,240
20		29
2		39.31%
-5.86%		12.27%
-3.66%
North Central College1,190
40		27
2		77.33%
19.02%		13.56%
-3.32%
Trinity Christian College1,160
40		23
-3		84.92%
-3.73%		23.19%
-4.32%
Augustana College1,150
30		25
1		62.68%
-4.97%		13.48%
-0.92%
Elmhurst University1,130
40		26
1		73.64%
-2.10%		12.52%
-0.29%
University of St Francis1,130
90		25
2		65.29%
1.36%		14.23%
-5.49%
Monmouth College1,110
-10		2490.93%
4.31%		13.95%
-1.14%
Illinois State University1,100
-10		2488.15%
-0.86%		22.53%
0.22%
Olivet Nazarene University1,100
20		2355.86%
-11.04%		24.46%
2.54%
Lewis University1,080
-20		24
-1		71.29%
-1.44%		15.27%
-0.84%
Quincy University1,080
-80		22
-1		50.93%
1.04%		29.49%
-0.35%
University of Illinois Springfield1,070
-20		24
-1		85.88%
1.51%		12.55%
0.25%
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville1,070
40		24
1		97.50%
0.29%		15.66%
-2.78%
Aurora University1,055
20		2680.85%
-4.29%		15.55%
-2.95%
Illinois College1,055
-15		21
-1		78.19%
3.52%		8.24%
-1.02%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale1,040
20		22
-2		86.88%
-3.56%		18.64%
1.41%
Millikin University1,020
-20		2166.68%
12.63%		9.97%
-5.21%
Eastern Illinois University1,000
-10		-65.35%
-2.40%		9.81%
-0.57%
Dominican University1,000
-25		19
1		90.32%
10.52%		12.07%
-0.41%
Greenville University995
-13		22
1		97.50%
2.13%		14.89%
-2.41%
Roosevelt University985
25		23
-2		97.16%
2.89%		8.74%
-1.89%
Rockford University94020
-2		92.91%
35.68%		13.38%
2.18%
Judson University930
-30		21
1		47.59%
-15.53%		39.24%
6.94%
DeVry University-Illinois860
-190		15
-5		98.38%
55.13%		77.79%
-4.93%