Some colleges do not have an open admissions policy, but they accept all or most applicants who meet the admission requirements. The average acceptance rate of the 10 Easiest Illinois Public Colleges to get in is 72.30% for the academic year 2023-2024.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,708 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,553 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 - | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, ILPublic, 4-year | 97.00% 0.51% | 18.00% | 1,030 | $12,025 ($12,025) | 12,519 | 53.00% | 15 to 1 |
2 - | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, ILPublic, 4-year | 90.00% 1.50% | 17.00% | 1,020 | $13,244 ($13,244) | 11,107 | 49.00% | 11 to 1 |
3 - | Illinois State University Normal, ILPublic, 4-year | 89.00% 2.76% | 22.00% | 1,110 | $23,479 ($14,121) | 20,683 | 66.00% | 19 to 1 |
4 - | University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year | 79.00% 0.31% | 23.00% | 1,230 | $31,505 ($15,816) | 33,747 | 61.00% | 18 to 1 |
5 - | Western Illinois University Macomb, ILPublic, 4-year | 75.00% - | 15.00% | - | $14,085 ($14,085) | 7,643 | 47.00% | 13 to 1 |
6 - | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, ILPublic, 4-year | 70.00% 0.68% | 13.00% | - | $12,506 ($12,506) | 15,649 | 53.00% | 14 to 1 |
6 2 | Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year | 70.00% 7.30% | 8.99% | - | $22,726 ($12,383) | 5,756 | 18.00% | 9 to 1 |
8 1 | Eastern Illinois University Charleston, ILPublic, 4-year | 68.00% 0.04% | 10.00% | 1,010 | $15,566 ($13,124) | 8,857 | 54.00% | 15 to 1 |
9 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, 4-year | 44.00% 0.82% | 28.00% | 1,410 | $39,192 ($18,060) | 56,916 | 84.00% | 21 to 1 |
10 - | Chicago State University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year | 41.00% 7.51% | 6.01% | - | $12,754 ($12,754) | 2,317 | 27.00% | 11 to 1 |
Average | 72.30% | 16.10% | 1,135 | $19,708 ($13,812) | 17,519 | 51.20% | 15 to 1 |