List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Illinois Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Below is a ranking of the 127 colleges in Illinois with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of Chicago leads the list by accepting 9% of high school students that applied.
Data is reported for the 2017/18 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.
| College | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| C |
University of Chicago |
9% |
| N |
Northwestern University |
9% |
| M |
Methodist College of Nursing |
35% |
| E |
East West University |
41% |
| R |
Rockford College |
47% |
| E |
Eastern Illinois University |
52% |
| S |
University of St Francis |
52% |
| I |
University of Illinois at Springfield |
52% |
| L |
Lake Forest College |
53% |
| N |
Northern Illinois University |
53% |
| I |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
54% |
| L |
Lewis University |
54% |
| N |
North Central College |
54% |
| N |
North Park University |
54% |
| I |
Illinois College |
55% |
| L |
Lincoln College |
57% |
| A |
Augustana College |
59% |
| B |
Blackburn College |
60% |
| M |
MacMurray College |
60% |
| W |
Western Illinois University |
60% |
