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 58.29% and the average SAT score is 1,290 at the schools.
School Name | Graduation Rate | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Yield | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Total Population | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 1 | Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year | 96.00% 0.77% | $65,997 | 57.01% | 7.15% | 1,530 | 23,161 | 6 to 1 |
2 1 | University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 95.00% 0.90% | $65,619 | 87.94% | 4.79% | 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) | 28.27% | 43.69% | 1,410 | 56,916 | 21 to 1 |
4 - | Bradley University Peoria, ILPrivate, 4-year | 76.00% 0.24% | $39,680 | 10.72% | 76.66% | 1,200 | 5,552 | 12 to 1 |
5 1 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 75.00% 3.57% | $50,917 | 10.81% | 55.42% | 1,290 | 6,943 | 13 to 1 |
6 1 | Loyola University Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 70.00% 1.97% | $51,716 | 8.96% | 81.39% | 1,250 | 16,899 | 13 to 1 |
7 - | DePaul University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 69.00% 0.57% | $44,174 | 12.44% | 73.53% | 1,230 | 20,917 | 17 to 1 |
8 - | Illinois State University Normal, ILPublic, 4-year | 66.00% 1.27% | $23,479 ($14,121) | 22.31% | 89.01% | 1,110 | 20,683 | 19 to 1 |
9 1 | Lewis University Romeoville, ILPrivate, 4-year | 62.00% 1.54% | $37,882 | 16.11% | 72.73% | 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) | 23.29% | 78.50% | 1,230 | 33,747 | 18 to 1 |
Average | 75.40% | $45,016 ($15,999) | 27.79% | 58.29% | 1,290 | 20,967 | 14 to 1 |