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Highest graduation rate in Illinois
103 colleges in Illinois with this figure reported (500+ students).
1University of Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)96%2Northwestern University · IL · Private (nonprofit)95%3University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · IL · Public85%4Wheaton College · IL · Private (nonprofit)85%5Lake Forest College · IL · Private (nonprofit)78%6Bradley University · IL · Private (nonprofit)76%7Illinois Institute of Technology · IL · Private (nonprofit)75%8Illinois Wesleyan University · IL · Private (nonprofit)75%9Loyola University Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)73%10Augustana College · IL · Private (nonprofit)73%11Elmhurst University · IL · Private (nonprofit)70%12Midwest Technical Institute-Illinois · IL · Private (for-profit)69%13Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park · IL · Private (for-profit)68%14DePaul University · IL · Private (nonprofit)68%15Knox College · IL · Private (nonprofit)68%16School of the Art Institute of Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)67%17University of St Francis · IL · Private (nonprofit)67%18Lewis University · IL · Private (nonprofit)67%19Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College · IL · Private (for-profit)66%20Monmouth College · IL · Private (nonprofit)65%21Illinois State University · IL · Public65%22North Central College · IL · Private (nonprofit)64%23Illinois College · IL · Private (nonprofit)64%24Rend Lake College · IL · Public63%25Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc · IL · Private (for-profit)63%26Illinois Eastern Community Colleges · IL · Public63%27Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · IL · Public62%28Moody Bible Institute · IL · Private (nonprofit)62%29University of Illinois Chicago · IL · Public62%30Olivet Nazarene University · IL · Private (nonprofit)61%31Aurora University · IL · Private (nonprofit)60%32Richland Community College · IL · Public60%33Judson University · IL · Private (nonprofit)60%34Shawnee Community College · IL · Public60%35Lake Land College · IL · Public58%36North Park University · IL · Private (nonprofit)58%37Trinity Christian College · IL · Private (nonprofit)58%38Southern Illinois University Edwardsville · IL · Public57%39Saint Xavier University · IL · Private (nonprofit)57%40Dominican University · IL · Private (nonprofit)55%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Sorted only by highest graduation rate — this is not an overall quality ranking.