Illinois Colleges where More Students leaving before Graduation

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 79.00% and the average SAT score is 1,028 at the schools.

Table. Illinois Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 18.00%
3.39%
$22,726
($12,383)
8.99%70.00%-5,7569 to 1
2
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National Louis University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 30.00%
3.75%
$14,60120.00%93.00%-7,52515 to 1
3
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DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, ILPrivate, 4-year 43.00%
1.13%
$15,03282.98%43.00%1,05026,38449 to 1
4
4
Columbia College Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 47.00%
3.85%
$32,52022.00%90.99%-6,64615 to 1
4
5
Western Illinois University Macomb, ILPublic, 4-year 47.00%
3.87%
$14,085
($14,085)
15.00%75.00%-7,64313 to 1
6
2
Concordia University-Chicago River Forest, ILPrivate, 4-year 48.00%
5.19%
$36,2588.00%93.01%-5,35412 to 1
7
2
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, ILPublic, 4-year 49.00%
3.69%
$13,244
($13,244)
17.00%90.00%1,02011,10711 to 1
8
1
Northern Illinois University Dekalb, ILPublic, 4-year 53.00%
2.22%
$12,506
($12,506)
13.00%70.00%-15,64914 to 1
8
2
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, ILPublic, 4-year 53.00%
1.21%
$12,025
($12,025)
18.00%97.00%1,03012,51915 to 1
10
4
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, ILPublic, 4-year 54.00%
3.26%
$15,566
($13,124)
10.00%68.00%1,0108,85715 to 1
Average44.20%$18,856
($12,895)
21.50%79.00%1,02810,74417 to 1