Illinois Public Colleges with the Highest Yield

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Illinois Public Colleges is 16.10% for the academic year 2023-2024.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 28.00% and University of Illinois Chicago (23.00%) and Illinois State University (22.00%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Illinois Public Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 28.00% and University of Illinois Chicago has the second highest yield of 23.00%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,708 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,553 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 72.30% and the average SAT score is 1,135 at the schools.

Table. Most Favored Illinois Public Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, 4-year 28.00%
0.06%
44.00%1,410$39,192
($18,060)
56,91684.00%21 to 1
2
2
University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 23.00%
0.11%
79.00%1,230$31,505
($15,816)
33,74761.00%18 to 1
3
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Illinois State University Normal, ILPublic, 4-year 22.00%
1.57%
89.00%1,110$23,479
($14,121)
20,68366.00%19 to 1
4
1
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, ILPublic, 4-year 18.00%
2.52%
97.00%1,030$12,025
($12,025)
12,51953.00%15 to 1
5
2
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, ILPublic, 4-year 17.00%
0.02%
90.00%1,020$13,244
($13,244)
11,10749.00%11 to 1
6
2
Western Illinois University Macomb, ILPublic, 4-year 15.00%
0.53%
75.00%-$14,085
($14,085)
7,64347.00%13 to 1
7
2
Northern Illinois University Dekalb, ILPublic, 4-year 13.00%
0.30%
70.00%-$12,506
($12,506)
15,64953.00%14 to 1
8
2
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, ILPublic, 4-year 10.00%
1.13%
68.00%1,010$15,566
($13,124)
8,85754.00%15 to 1
9
3
Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 8.99%
8.89%
70.00%-$22,726
($12,383)
5,75618.00%9 to 1
10
1
Chicago State University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 6.01%
1.19%
41.00%-$12,754
($12,754)
2,31727.00%11 to 1
Average16.10%72.30%1,135$19,708
($13,812)
17,51951.20%15 to 1