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 Colleges to get in is 71.23% 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 $23,048 and graduate tuition & fees is $14,201 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 | 97.21% 0.30% | 18.44% | 1,030 | $12,025 ($12,025) | 12,519 | 53.00% | 15 to 1 |
2 1 | Greenville University Greenville, ILPrivate, 4-year | 95.37% 1.25% | 17.30% | 1,008 | $30,598 | 1,088 | 57.00% | 12 to 1 |
3 9 | Roosevelt University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 94.27% 5.95% | 10.63% | 960 | $20,280 | 3,725 | 42.00% | 11 to 1 |
4 1 | Concordia University-Chicago River Forest, ILPrivate, 4-year | 93.36% 0.32% | 7.60% | - | $36,258 | 5,354 | 48.00% | 12 to 1 |
5 3 | Trinity International University-Illinois Deerfield, ILPrivate, 4-year | 93.18% 1.92% | 8.54% | - | $12,320 | 1,242 | 49.00% | 12 to 1 |
6 - | National Louis University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 93.12% 1.07% | 20.34% | - | $14,601 | 7,525 | 30.00% | 15 to 1 |
7 17 | Hebrew Theological College Skokie, ILPrivate, 4-year | 92.00% 20.57% | 82.61% | - | $14,700 | 160 | 20.00% | 5 to 1 |
8 6 | Columbia College Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 91.17% 3.60% | 22.40% | - | $32,520 | 6,646 | 47.00% | 15 to 1 |
9 2 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, ILPublic, 4-year | 90.44% 1.06% | 17.23% | 1,020 | $13,244 ($13,244) | 11,107 | 49.00% | 11 to 1 |
10 1 | Wheaton College Wheaton, ILPrivate, 4-year | 89.98% 1.55% | 32.94% | 1,350 | $43,936 | 2,885 | 88.00% | 12 to 1 |
Average | 93.01% | 23.80% | 1,074 | $23,048 ($12,635) | 5,225 | 48.30% | 12 to 1 |