Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Illinois Colleges

48.32%

Applicants Changes

6.03%

Acceptance Rate

Illinois Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 66.80% to 72.83%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 72.83%, with 314,455 students accepted out of 534,828 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 70.41%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 75.56%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

  • Overall Trend: The admission yield (the percentage of admitted students who actually enroll) has consistently decreased.
  • 10-Year Change: The yield dropped from 37.38% to 26.14%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 26.14%
    • Women's yield: 23.94%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 534,828 in 2025. This represents a 4.61% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 314,455.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 52,675 in 2024-2025.

Note: The acceptance rate is calculated as the number of admitted students divided by the number of applicants. The admission yield (enrollment rate) is calculated as the number of enrolled students divided by the number of admitted students.

Acceptance Rate Trends

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.81% where the current academic year rate is 72.83% at Illinois Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.13% and women students' rate is 70.33%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Illinois Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 66.80% 65.91% 68.07%
2015-16 64.83%
-1.98%		 63.70%
-2.21%		 65.55%
-2.52%
2016-17 66.88%
2.06%		 65.12%
1.42%		 67.51%
1.97%
2017-18 66.40%
-0.49%		 64.44%
-0.68%		 67.91%
0.40%
2018-19 64.98%
-1.42%		 64.25%
-0.20%		 65.24%
-2.67%
2019-20 66.66%
1.68%		 65.45%
1.21%		 67.90%
2.65%
2020-21 69.49%
2.84%		 68.28%
2.83%		 70.98%
3.08%
2021-22 74.69%
5.19%		 71.42%
3.14%		 76.98%
6.00%
2022-23 70.88%
-3.80%		 69.42%
-2.00%		 73.03%
-3.94%
2023-24 72.48%
1.60%		 70.02%
0.59%		 74.90%
1.86%
2024-25 72.83%
0.34%		 70.41%
0.39%		 75.56%
0.67%
Average 68.81% 67.13% 70.33%
Illinois Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 31.03% where the current academic year yield is 26.14%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Illinois Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 37.38% 38.11% 35.59%
2015-16 34.91%
-2.47%		 36.14%
-1.97%		 33.27%
-2.32%
2016-17 34.47%
-0.44%		 33.79%
-2.35%		 32.74%
-0.53%
2017-18 30.45%
-4.02%		 33.65%
-0.14%		 27.80%
-4.94%
2018-19 31.95%
1.50%		 34.13%
0.48%		 29.25%
1.45%
2019-20 31.58%
-0.37%		 33.85%
-0.28%		 28.26%
-0.99%
2020-21 28.47%
-3.11%		 30.09%
-3.76%		 26.06%
-2.20%
2021-22 30.84%
2.37%		 31.17%
1.08%		 27.13%
1.07%
2022-23 26.17%
-4.67%		 27.74%
-3.43%		 24.14%
-2.99%
2023-24 28.99%
2.82%		 28.44%
0.71%		 26.98%
2.84%
2024-25 26.14%
-2.85%		 27.92%
-0.53%		 23.94%
-3.04%
Average 31.03% 32.27% 28.65%
Illinois Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 420,872, the average number of admitted is 241,449, and the average number of enrolled students is 51,214 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Illinois Colleges increased by 4.61% (23,593 applicants) compared to last year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Illinois Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 360,591 199,586 52,781
2015-16 355,360
-1.45%		 199,761
0.09%		 51,009
-3.36%
2016-17 369,537
3.99%		 209,238
4.74%		 50,003
-1.97%
2017-18 371,096
0.42%		 212,725
1.67%		 49,833
-0.34%
2018-19 391,881
5.60%		 217,111
2.06%		 49,737
-0.19%
2019-20 405,557
3.49%		 221,428
1.99%		 50,826
2.19%
2020-21 408,852
0.81%		 237,123
7.09%		 47,815
-5.92%
2021-22 431,224
5.47%		 257,843
8.74%		 52,132
9.03%
2022-23 489,435
13.50%		 286,394
11.07%		 52,953
1.57%
2023-24 511,235
4.45%		 300,280
4.85%		 53,586
1.20%
2024-25 534,828
4.61%		 314,455
4.72%		 52,675
-1.70%
Average 420,872 241,449 51,214
Illinois Colleges Applicants Trends Chart