Hardest Colleges to Get Into in Illinois
Illinois has 37 colleges in the CollegeCalcAI database, and this page ranks every one of them by acceptance rate. The most selective are University of Chicago (4%), Northwestern University (8%), and Illinois Wesleyan University (39%). 2 schools admit a quarter of applicants or fewer, the median Illinois college admits 71%, and 10 are public against 27 private. At the other end, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville admits 98%. Open any school for its full admissions profile, or check your own odds free.
- University of Chicago4%acceptanceMost selectiveIL · SAT 1570
- Northwestern University8%acceptanceMost selectiveIL · SAT 1560
- Illinois Wesleyan University39%acceptanceSelectiveIL · SAT 1300
- University of Illinois42%acceptanceSelectiveIL · SAT 1480
- Chicago State University43%acceptanceSelectiveIL · SAT 980
- Judson University48%acceptanceSelectiveIL · SAT 1150
- Governors State University48%acceptanceSelectiveIL · SAT 1100
- Quincy University51%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1150
- Illinois Institute of Technology55%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1230
- Olivet Nazarene University56%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1200
- Lake Forest College57%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1270
- Augustana College63%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1280
- Eastern Illinois University65%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1080
- Saint Francis University (IL)65%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1120
- Millikin University67%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1230
- North Park University69%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1230
- Northern Illinois University70%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1180
- Western Illinois University71%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1060
- Knox College71%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1280
- Lewis University71%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1150
- McKendree University72%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1150
- Elmhurst University74%acceptanceModerately selectiveIL · SAT 1230
- DePaul University76%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1280
- Bradley University77%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1260
- North Central College77%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1250
- Illinois College78%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1230
- Aurora University81%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1230
- Loyola University Chicago82%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1330
- Saint Xavier University84%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1120
- Trinity Christian College85%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1180
- Illinois Springfield86%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1120
- Southern Illinois University87%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1150
- Wheaton College (IL)87%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1230
- Illinois State University88%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1220
- Concordia University Chicago93%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1140
- Benedictine University95%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1230
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville98%acceptanceAccessibleIL · SAT 1180
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Acceptance rates and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets) and are rounded. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.