Illinois Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate

Northeastern Illinois University has the lowest 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 18% last year.

National Louis University with 30% and DeVry University-Illinois with 43% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Illinois Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

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

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $18,856 and graduate tuition & fees is $14,747 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 79.21% and the average SAT score is 1,028 at the schools.

Table. Illinois Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year	18.00% 3.39%	$22,726 ($12,383)	9.26%	70.40%	-	5,756	9 to 1
2 -	National Louis University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year	30.00% 3.75%	$14,601	20.34%	93.12%	-	7,525	15 to 1
3 -	DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, ILPrivate, 4-year	43.00% 1.13%	$15,032	82.72%	43.25%	1,050	26,384	49 to 1
4 4	Columbia College Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year	47.00% 3.85%	$32,520	22.40%	91.17%	-	6,646	15 to 1
4 5	Western Illinois University Macomb, ILPublic, 4-year	47.00% 3.87%	$14,085 ($14,085)	15.23%	74.96%	-	7,643	13 to 1
6 2	Concordia University-Chicago River Forest, ILPrivate, 4-year	48.00% 5.19%	$36,258	7.60%	93.36%	-	5,354	12 to 1
7 2	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, ILPublic, 4-year	49.00% 3.69%	$13,244 ($13,244)	17.23%	90.44%	1,020	11,107	11 to 1
8 1	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, ILPublic, 4-year	53.00% 2.22%	$12,506 ($12,506)	12.93%	70.45%	-	15,649	14 to 1
8 2	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, ILPublic, 4-year	53.00% 1.21%	$12,025 ($12,025)	18.44%	97.21%	1,030	12,519	15 to 1
10 4	Eastern Illinois University Charleston, ILPublic, 4-year	54.00% 3.26%	$15,566 ($13,124)	10.38%	67.75%	1,010	8,857	15 to 1
	Average	44.20%	$18,856 ($12,895)	21.65%	79.21%	1,028	10,744	17 to 1

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