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Illinois Colleges by the Numbers
62 four-year Illinois colleges — click any for its profile: acceptance rates, SAT ranges, tuition for all 62, with Illinois medians up top.
Not one of Illinois's listed schools still requires test scores; 20 — Blackburn College among them — don't consider scores at all. Illinois has 62 four-year colleges with full admissions profiles here — from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign at 36,258 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. The most selective door in the state is University of Chicago at 4.5% admitted; the most open is Graham Hospital School of Nursing at 100%.
Published in-state tuition runs from $8,417 at the cheapest campus to $70,662 at the most expensive — a $62,245 spread inside Illinois alone. Illinois's ten-year earnings benchmark of $58,572 sits 9% above the national median for college-goers.
Each Illinois school links to its profile — admissions, cost, earnings. To see where you stand in Illinois, bring your saved calculator numbers.
Illinois medians
| Acceptance rate | Tuition (in-state) | Median earnings (10 yr) | 6-yr graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77% | $31,360 | $58,572 | 57.6% |
Medians across 69 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Illinois; the table below lists the 62 with complete admissions records.
All Illinois colleges in our data
| College | City | Acceptance | SAT middle 50% | Tuition (in) | Undergrads | Median earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augustana College | Rock Island | 62.7% | 1010–1250 | $51,598 | 2,490 | $62,971 |
| Aurora University | Aurora | 80.8% | 930–1133 | $29,170 | 3,974 | $58,709 |
| Benedictine University | Lisle | 95.2% | — | $35,940 | 1,942 | $63,446 |
| Blackburn College | Carlinville | 63.2% | not considered | $28,149 | 471 | $46,802 |
| Bradley University | Peoria | 76.8% | 1090–1300 | $42,160 | 3,574 | $66,852 |
| Capital Area Career Center | Springfield | 94.4% | not considered | $12,075 | 161 | $55,357 |
| Chamberlain University-Illinois | Addison | 82.6% | 770–850 | $21,536 | 14,027 | $92,405 |
| Chicago State University | Chicago | 43.3% | not considered | $12,754 | 1,384 | $42,778 |
| Columbia College Chicago | Chicago | 89.5% | not considered | $34,088 | 5,368 | $42,195 |
| Concordia University-Chicago | River Forest | 92.8% | not considered | $37,488 | 1,323 | $54,089 |
| DePaul University | Chicago | 75.9% | 1130–1340 | $45,999 | 14,090 | $68,751 |
| DeVry University-Illinois | Lisle | 98.4% | 990–1130 | $17,408 | 27,825 | $45,987 |
| Dominican University | River Forest | 90.3% | 934–1140 | $38,978 | 2,561 | $60,327 |
| Eastern Illinois University | Charleston | 65.3% | 890–1110 | $13,679 | 4,188 | $51,989 |
| Elmhurst University | Elmhurst | 73.6% | 960–1210 | $42,955 | 3,006 | $61,462 |
| Eureka College | Eureka | 85% | not considered | $29,096 | 522 | $51,641 |
| Fox College | Tinley Park | 70.2% | not considered | $17,670 | 200 | $41,539 |
| Graham Hospital School of Nursing | Canton | 100% | not considered | $8,417 | 40 | $63,586 |
| Greenville University | Greenville | 97.5% | 811–1219 | $32,200 | 955 | $46,827 |
| Hebrew Theological College | Skokie | 57.1% | — | $15,150 | 90 | $33,291 |
| Illinois College | Jacksonville | 78.2% | 978–1183 | $38,676 | 930 | $52,575 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago | 54.9% | 1180–1410 | $52,386 | 2,833 | $82,592 |
| Illinois State University | Normal | 88.1% | 1010–1230 | $16,144 | 19,057 | $62,117 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | Bloomington | 39.3% | 1140–1330 | $57,704 | 1,582 | $70,871 |
| Judson University | Elgin | 47.6% | 860–1080 | $31,360 | 708 | $56,313 |
| Knox College | Galesburg | 70.8% | 1120–1385 | $57,903 | 1,127 | $54,820 |
| Lake Forest College | Lake Forest | 56.8% | 1170–1365 | $56,402 | 1,813 | $61,825 |
| Lewis University | Romeoville | 71.3% | 990–1220 | $39,200 | 4,015 | $66,099 |
| Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | 81.6% | 1160–1340 | $53,710 | 11,737 | $71,530 |
| McKendree University | Lebanon | 71.7% | not considered | $34,740 | 1,752 | $58,572 |
| MDT College of Health Sciences | Chicago | 64.2% | not considered | $21,870 | 575 | $43,946 |
| Methodist College | Peoria | 38.9% | — | $18,008 | 245 | $69,800 |
| Millikin University | Decatur | 66.7% | 860–1170 | $26,892 | 1,382 | $51,262 |
| Monmouth College | Monmouth | 90.9% | 1010–1230 | $44,922 | 702 | $51,110 |
| Moody Bible Institute | Chicago | 82.7% | not considered | $15,786 | 1,510 | $45,399 |
| National Louis University | Chicago | 95% | not considered | $12,705 | 4,406 | $45,799 |
| North Central College | Naperville | 77.3% | 1065–1280 | $45,726 | 2,428 | $60,123 |
| North Park University | Chicago | 68.5% | not considered | $36,710 | 1,818 | $59,572 |
| Northeastern Illinois University | Chicago | 74.6% | not considered | $12,383 | 3,982 | $52,234 |
| Northern Illinois University | Dekalb | 69.8% | not considered | $13,248 | 11,301 | $57,808 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston | 7.7% | 1490–1560 | $68,322 | 9,201 | $89,363 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | Bourbonnais | 55.9% | 960–1190 | $38,900 | 2,603 | $53,213 |
| Quincy University | Quincy | 50.9% | 1070–1250 | $37,140 | 1,010 | $50,369 |
| Rockford University | Rockford | 92.9% | 850–1070 | $37,780 | 972 | $54,794 |
| Roosevelt University | Chicago | 97.2% | 820–1090 | $21,315 | 2,849 | $48,712 |
| Saint Xavier University | Chicago | 84.3% | not considered | $37,940 | 3,096 | $58,656 |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | 77.5% | not considered | $56,420 | 2,805 | $40,151 |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Edwardsville | 97.5% | 900–1160 | $12,922 | 8,750 | $56,346 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Carbondale | 86.9% | 910–1140 | $13,334 | 8,494 | $53,390 |
| Taylor Business Institute | Chicago | 91.2% | not considered | $12,000 | 98 | $25,559 |
| The Chicago School at Chicago | Chicago | 34.5% | — | $21,780 | 21 | $56,899 |
| Trinity Christian College | Palos Heights | 84.9% | 1050–1200 | $20,605 | 820 | $55,700 |
| Trinity International University-Illinois | Deerfield | 100% | not considered | $12,320 | 55 | $46,989 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | 4.5% | 1510–1570 | $70,662 | 7,569 | $91,885 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | Chicago | 77.3% | 1120–1340 | $14,338 | 22,170 | $68,740 |
| University of Illinois Springfield | Springfield | 85.9% | 1010–1210 | $12,252 | 2,263 | $57,103 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Champaign | 42.4% | 1270–1510 | $16,004 | 36,258 | $81,054 |
| University of St Francis | Joliet | 65.3% | 900–1170 | $38,110 | 1,223 | $63,926 |
| VanderCook College of Music | Chicago | 89.5% | — | $30,910 | 76 | $47,863 |
| Western Illinois University | Macomb | 71.2% | not considered | $15,264 | 4,410 | $54,163 |
| Wheaton College | Wheaton | 87.4% | 1260–1440 | $45,546 | 2,121 | $63,756 |
| Worsham College of Mortuary Science | Wheeling | 92% | — | $20,500 | 183 | $61,574 |
Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" schools ignore tests entirely. Wondering where your own numbers fit? TheGPA calculator andSAT score calculator give you the other half of this table.
Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (Jun 2026), IPEDS ADM2023/HD2024. Retrieved 2026-09-01.