Illinois College acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Illinois College is a private college in Illinois that admits most qualified applicants (around 78%), which puts it in the accessible range. A rate like this means it admits most qualified applicants; the bar is less about clearing a single cutoff and more about how your full profile compares to admitted students.

Use this page to see what Illinois College weighs, where it ranks among Illinois schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1230, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Illinois College with a 3.1 GPA and a 1030 SAT?

About 85% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1030 SAT, the middle of Illinois College's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1180 SAT comes out near 98%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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Getting into Illinois College comes down to four decisions, each one visible in the data on this page.

3,660 students applied to Illinois College for fall 2023; 2,733 were admitted (74.7%). 253 enrolled. Only about 9% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Illinois College enrolls about 930 undergraduates in total, 52% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 12 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

The middle 50% of admitted students at Illinois College scored between 883 and 1180 on the SAT (average 1064). On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 19 to 26. A score above 1180 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 883 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Illinois College is test-optional: scores are considered if you submit them but not required. Send a score at or above the middle of the admitted range; otherwise apply without one and let your transcript lead.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

Illinois College signals that it values rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores above the rest of the file. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Illinois College's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Illinois College's published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $48,955 per year. Tuition and fees alone are $38,676. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,298 a year, and it ranges from $12,487 for families earning under $30,000 to $25,788 for families earning over $110,000. 38% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Ten years after enrolling, the median Illinois College student who received federal aid earns $52,575 a year, up from $40,110 at six years. 64% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 71% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $25,565; 83% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 37 Illinois schools we track, Illinois College ranks #26 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like University of Chicago (4%) and Northwestern University (8%) sit nearby, which makes Illinois a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

If Illinois College is on your list, schools with a similar admit profile are worth a look: University of Denver, University of Evansville, and Elizabethtown College. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.