Illinois Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 76 colleges in Illinois with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of Chicago leads the list by accepting 5% of high school students that applied.

List of Illinois Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

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5%
Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

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7%
Methodist College of Nursing

Peoria, IL

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31%
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago

Chicago, IL

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33%
Chicago State University

Chicago, IL

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41%
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Champaign, IL

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44%
Principia College

Elsah, Illinois

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44%
Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington, IL

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45%
Quincy University

Quincy, IL

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50%
Millikin University

Decatur, IL

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54%
Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL

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55%
Rockford University

Rockford, IL

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57%
North Central College

Naperville, IL

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58%
Lake Forest College

Lake Forest, IL

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59%
Judson University

Elgin, IL

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63%
McKendree University

Lebanon, IL

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64%
University of St Francis

Joliet, IL

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64%
Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

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67%