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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in Illinois
49 colleges in Illinois with this figure reported (500+ students).
1University of Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)5% admit2Northwestern University · IL · Private (nonprofit)7% admit3Chicago State University · IL · Public41% admit4DeVry University-Illinois · IL · Private (for-profit)43% admit5University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · IL · Public44% admit6Illinois Wesleyan University · IL · Private (nonprofit)45% admit7Quincy University · IL · Private (nonprofit)50% admit8Millikin University · IL · Private (nonprofit)54% admit9Illinois Institute of Technology · IL · Private (nonprofit)55% admit10Rockford University · IL · Private (nonprofit)57% admit11North Central College · IL · Private (nonprofit)58% admit12Lake Forest College · IL · Private (nonprofit)59% admit13Judson University · IL · Private (nonprofit)63% admit14McKendree University · IL · Private (nonprofit)64% admit15University of St Francis · IL · Private (nonprofit)64% admit16Olivet Nazarene University · IL · Private (nonprofit)67% admit17Augustana College · IL · Private (nonprofit)68% admit18Eastern Illinois University · IL · Public68% admit19Northeastern Illinois University · IL · Public70% admit20Northern Illinois University · IL · Public70% admit21Knox College · IL · Private (nonprofit)71% admit22Lewis University · IL · Private (nonprofit)73% admit23North Park University · IL · Private (nonprofit)73% admit24DePaul University · IL · Private (nonprofit)74% admit25Illinois College · IL · Private (nonprofit)75% admit26Western Illinois University · IL · Public75% admit27Elmhurst University · IL · Private (nonprofit)76% admit28School of the Art Institute of Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)76% admit29Bradley University · IL · Private (nonprofit)77% admit30Benedictine University · IL · Private (nonprofit)77% admit31University of Illinois Chicago · IL · Public79% admit32Dominican University · IL · Private (nonprofit)80% admit33Blackburn College · IL · Private (nonprofit)80% admit34Loyola University Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)81% admit35University of Illinois Springfield · IL · Public84% admit36Aurora University · IL · Private (nonprofit)85% admit37Saint Xavier University · IL · Private (nonprofit)86% admit38Monmouth College · IL · Private (nonprofit)87% admit39Eureka College · IL · Private (nonprofit)88% admit40Trinity Christian College · IL · Private (nonprofit)89% admit
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by most selective (lowest admit rate) — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.