Illinois Colleges with the Highest Yield

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Illinois Colleges is 22.72% for the academic year 2023-2024.

University of Chicago has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 87.99% and DeVry University-Illinois (82.98%) and Hebrew Theological College (82.61%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Illinois 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 Chicago has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 87.99% and DeVry University-Illinois has the second highest yield of 82.98%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $37,424 and graduate tuition & fees is $28,155 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 53.10% and the average SAT score is 1,275 at the schools.

Table. Most Favored Illinois Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 87.99%
3.19%
5.00%1,550$65,61918,33995.00%5 to 1
2
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DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, ILPrivate, 4-year 82.98%
1.41%
43.00%1,050$15,03226,38443.00%49 to 1
3
1
Hebrew Theological College Skokie, ILPrivate, 4-year 82.61%
22.61%
92.00%-$14,70016020.00%5 to 1
4
1
Principia College Elsah, ILPrivate, 4-year 71.19%
10.19%
44.03%1,120$33,28032376.00%6 to 1
5
-
Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year 57.01%
1.85%
7.00%1,530$65,99723,16196.00%6 to 1
6
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Wheaton College Wheaton, ILPrivate, 4-year 33.00%
2.89%
89.98%1,350$43,9362,88588.00%12 to 1
7
6
Judson University Elgin, ILPrivate, 4-year 32.00%
5.92%
63.00%960$30,91097353.00%10 to 1
8
3
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
9
3
McKendree University Lebanon, ILPrivate, 4-year 25.99%
0.48%
63.99%-$34,0701,96055.00%17 to 1
10
5
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
Average52.38%53.10%1,275$37,424
($16,938)
16,48567.10%15 to 1