Illinois Colleges with the Highest Acceptance Rate

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 71.21% 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.
Table. Easiest Illinois Colleges To Get In Comparison
School NameAcceptance RateYieldSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, ILPublic, 4-year 97.00%
0.51%
18.00%1,030$12,025
($12,025)
12,51953.00%15 to 1
2
1
Greenville University Greenville, ILPrivate, 4-year 94.97%
0.85%
17.04%1,008$30,5981,08857.00%12 to 1
3
9
Roosevelt University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 94.00%
5.68%
11.00%960$20,2803,72542.00%11 to 1
4
4
Trinity International University-Illinois Deerfield, ILPrivate, 4-year 93.18%
1.92%
8.94%-$12,3201,24249.00%12 to 1
5
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Concordia University-Chicago River Forest, ILPrivate, 4-year 93.01%
0.03%
8.00%-$36,2585,35448.00%12 to 1
6
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National Louis University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 93.00%
0.95%
20.00%-$14,6017,52530.00%15 to 1
7
17
Hebrew Theological College Skokie, ILPrivate, 4-year 92.00%
20.57%
82.61%-$14,70016020.00%5 to 1
8
6
Columbia College Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 90.99%
3.78%
22.00%-$32,5206,64647.00%15 to 1
9
2
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, ILPublic, 4-year 90.00%
1.50%
17.00%1,020$13,244
($13,244)
11,10749.00%11 to 1
10
1
Wheaton College Wheaton, ILPrivate, 4-year 89.98%
1.55%
33.00%1,350$43,9362,88588.00%12 to 1
Average92.81%23.76%1,074$23,048
($12,635)
5,22548.30%12 to 1