Illinois Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Colleges by 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 7% 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 |
7% |
| N |
Northwestern University |
8% |
| C |
Chicago State University |
33% |
| M |
Methodist College of Nursing |
39% |
| N |
North Park University |
47% |
| S |
University of St Francis |
47% |
| G |
Greenville College |
48% |
| R |
Rockford College |
49% |
| M |
Midstate College |
50% |
| B |
Blackburn College |
52% |
| I |
University of Illinois at Springfield |
53% |
| N |
Northern Illinois University |
54% |
| E |
Eastern Illinois University |
55% |
| M |
MacMurray College |
55% |
| N |
North Central College |
56% |
| N |
Northeastern Illinois University |
56% |
| E |
Eureka College |
57% |
| I |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
58% |
| L |
Lake Forest College |
58% |
| L |
Lewis University |
58% |
