The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Illinois is 72.46% - 300,410 students accepted out of total 511,235.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 67.60% to 72.46%. The Illinois Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 28.94% and the yield is lower than 35.21%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.33% where the current academic year rate is 72.46% at Illinois Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.74% and women students' rate is 69.67%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Illinois Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
67.60% |
66.11% |
68.27% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
66.80%
-0.80% |
65.91%
-0.20% |
68.07%
-0.20% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
64.83%
-1.98% |
63.70%
-2.21% |
65.55%
-2.52% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
66.88%
2.06% |
65.12%
1.42% |
67.51%
1.97% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
66.40%
-0.49% |
64.44%
-0.68% |
67.91%
0.40% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
64.98%
-1.42% |
64.25%
-0.20% |
65.24%
-2.67% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
66.66%
1.68% |
65.45%
1.21% |
67.90%
2.65% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
69.49%
2.84% |
68.28%
2.83% |
70.98%
3.08% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
74.69%
5.19% |
71.42%
3.14% |
76.98%
6.00% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
70.88%
-3.80% |
69.42%
-2.00% |
73.03%
-3.94% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
72.46%
1.57% |
70.08%
0.65% |
74.88%
1.84% |
|---|
| Average |
68.33% |
66.74% |
69.67% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 31.85% where the current academic year yield is 28.94%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Illinois Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
35.21% |
37.57% |
32.49% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
37.38%
2.18% |
38.11%
0.54% |
35.59%
3.10% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
34.91%
-2.47% |
36.14%
-1.97% |
33.27%
-2.32% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
34.47%
-0.44% |
33.79%
-2.35% |
32.74%
-0.53% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
30.45%
-4.02% |
33.65%
-0.14% |
27.80%
-4.94% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
31.95%
1.50% |
34.13%
0.48% |
29.25%
1.45% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
31.58%
-0.37% |
33.85%
-0.28% |
28.26%
-0.99% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
28.47%
-3.11% |
30.09%
-3.76% |
26.06%
-2.20% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
30.84%
2.37% |
31.17%
1.08% |
27.13%
1.07% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
26.17%
-4.67% |
27.74%
-3.43% |
24.14%
-2.99% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
28.94%
2.77% |
27.20%
-0.54% |
26.14%
2.00% |
|---|
| Average |
31.85% |
33.04% |
29.35% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 404,200, the average number of admitted is 230,751, and the average number of enrolled students is 51,246 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Illinois Colleges increased by 4.45% (21,800 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Illinois Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
351,428 |
196,643 |
53,425 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
360,591
2.61% |
199,586
1.50% |
52,781
-1.21% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
355,360
-1.45% |
199,761
0.09% |
51,009
-3.36% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
369,537
3.99% |
209,238
4.74% |
50,003
-1.97% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
371,096
0.42% |
212,725
1.67% |
49,833
-0.34% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
391,881
5.60% |
217,111
2.06% |
49,737
-0.19% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
405,557
3.49% |
221,428
1.99% |
50,826
2.19% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
408,852
0.81% |
237,123
7.09% |
47,815
-5.92% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
431,224
5.47% |
257,843
8.74% |
52,132
9.03% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
489,435
13.50% |
286,394
11.07% |
52,953
1.57% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
511,235
4.45% |
300,410
4.89% |
53,195
0.46% |
|---|
| Average |
404,200 |
230,751 |
51,246 |
|---|