The average acceptance rate of the 44 Illinois colleges that have competitive admission is 71.21% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.73%. The acceptance rate at 21 Illinois colleges increased and the rate of 22 colleges decreased.
University of Chicago has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 5.00%. Northwestern University (7.00%) and Chicago State University (41.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Illinois Colleges to get in.
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.
University of Chicago stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Northwestern University also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $41,839 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,741 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.