Illinois Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate

Northwestern University has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 96% last year.

University of Chicago with 95% and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with 84% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Illinois Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $45,016 and graduate tuition & fees is $30,849 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 58.40% and the average SAT score is 1,290 at the schools.

Table. Illinois Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 1	Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year	96.00% 0.77%	$65,997	57.01%	7.00%	1,530	23,161	6 to 1
2 1	University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year	95.00% 0.90%	$65,619	87.99%	5.00%	1,550	18,339	5 to 1
3 -	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, 4-year	84.00% 0.88%	$39,192 ($18,060)	28.00%	44.00%	1,410	56,916	21 to 1
4 -	Bradley University Peoria, ILPrivate, 4-year	76.00% 0.24%	$39,680	11.00%	77.00%	1,200	5,552	12 to 1
5 1	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year	75.00% 3.57%	$50,917	11.00%	55.00%	1,290	6,943	13 to 1
6 1	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year	70.00% 1.97%	$51,716	9.00%	81.00%	1,250	16,899	13 to 1
7 -	DePaul University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year	69.00% 0.57%	$44,174	12.00%	74.00%	1,230	20,917	17 to 1
8 -	Illinois State University Normal, ILPublic, 4-year	66.00% 1.27%	$23,479 ($14,121)	22.00%	89.00%	1,110	20,683	19 to 1
9 1	Lewis University Romeoville, ILPrivate, 4-year	62.00% 1.54%	$37,882	16.00%	72.99%	1,100	6,513	14 to 1
10 1	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year	61.00% 1.26%	$31,505 ($15,816)	23.00%	79.00%	1,230	33,747	18 to 1
	Average	75.40%	$45,016 ($15,999)	27.70%	58.40%	1,290	20,967	14 to 1

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