Illinois Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 57 private 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 Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

5%
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago

Chicago, IL

7%
Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

7%
Methodist College of Nursing

Peoria, IL

33%
Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington, IL

42%
Principia College

Elsah, Illinois

48%
Rockford University

Rockford, IL

55%
Judson University

Elgin, IL

58%
Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

58%
University of St Francis

Joliet, IL

58%
Lake Forest College

Lake Forest, IL

60%
Augustana College

Rock Island, IL

61%
Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL

61%
North Central College

Naperville, IL

61%
Quincy University

Quincy, IL

62%
Blackburn College

Carlinville, IL

64%
McKendree University

Lebanon, IL

68%
North Park University

Chicago, IL

68%