The average acceptance rate of the 10 public Illinois colleges that have competitive admission is 72.30% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 1.29%. The acceptance rate at 4 public Illinois colleges increased and the rate of 5 colleges decreased.
Chicago State University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 41.00%. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (44.00%) and Eastern Illinois University (68.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Illinois Public Colleges to get in.
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.
Chicago State University ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ranked second, a drop from first place last year.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1 | Chicago State University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year | 41.00% 7.51% | 6.01% | - | $12,754 ($12,754) | 2,317 | 27.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 2 1 | 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 |
| 3 2 | 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 |
| 4 2 | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, ILPublic, 4-year | 70.00% 0.68% | 13.00% | - | $12,506 ($12,506) | 15,649 | 53.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 4 - | Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year | 70.00% 7.30% | 8.99% | - | $22,726 ($12,383) | 5,756 | 18.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Western Illinois University Macomb, ILPublic, 4-year | 75.00% - | 15.00% | - | $14,085 ($14,085) | 7,643 | 47.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 7 1 | 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 |
| 8 1 | 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 |
| 9 1 | 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 |
| 10 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 |
| Average | 72.30% | 16.10% | 1,135 | $19,708 ($13,812) | 17,519 | 51.20% | 15 to 1 |