Colleges / Illinois Colleges in Illinois. All 51 four-year colleges in Illinois that report admissions (11 public, 40 private), with acceptance rates, SAT ranges, average price after grants and the first 2026–27 deadline. Most applied to first. Open a college to check your chances.
College Admitted SAT middle 50% Net price First deadline UIUC Champaign 37% 1390–1520 $14,297 EA Nov 1 Northwestern Evanston 7.5% 1520–1560 $23,341 ED Nov 1 UChicago Chicago 4.5% 1500–1560 $27,979 ED Nov 2 Loyola University Chicago Chicago 75% 1220–1390 $37,592 RD Dec 1 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago 76% 1030–1300 $11,499 EA Nov 2 DePaul University Chicago 88% 1150–1330 $32,129 EA Nov 15 Northern Illinois University Dekalb 71% – $13,533 Rolling Illinois State University Normal 86% 1000–1210 $20,871 EA Nov 1 Eastern Illinois University Charleston 71% 890–1130 $14,621 Rolling SIU Carbondale Carbondale 94% 890–1180 $16,131 Rolling Columbia College Chicago Chicago 74% – $29,790 Rolling Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington 53% 1120–1340 $31,310 EA Nov 15 Chicago State University Chicago 41% – $9,852 EA Nov 1 Northeastern Illinois University Chicago 74% 790–1000 $14,669 RD Jul 25 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville 97% 900–1160 $15,182 Rolling Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago 55% 1190–1400 $25,001 ED Nov 1 Western Illinois University Macomb 71% 870–1120 $12,168 Rolling Bradley University Peoria 75% 1090–1300 $24,703 EA Nov 1 Augustana College Rock Island 66% 1020–1280 $24,695 ED Nov 1 Saint Xavier University Chicago 86% – $11,943 EA Nov 1 Lewis University Romeoville 69% 970–1238 $19,472 EA Dec 1 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago 76% – $55,485 EA Nov 15 Dominican University River Forest 88% 870–1120 $16,969 Rolling Elmhurst University Elmhurst 76% 960–1210 $22,760 EA Nov 15 Aurora University Aurora 82% 875–1078 $19,220 Rolling Roosevelt University Chicago 94% 820–1090 $21,503 Rolling Lake Forest College Lake Forest 54% 1200–1370 $29,894 ED Nov 1 North Central College Naperville 77% 1040–1310 $24,190 Rolling Knox College Galesburg 77% 1150–1410 $25,524 EA Nov 1 Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais 67% 960–1190 $22,707 – Concordia University-Chicago River Forest 93% – $17,767 Rolling National Louis University Chicago 93% – $15,724 Rolling Millikin University Decatur 54% 860–1170 $10,078 Rolling Illinois College Jacksonville 75% 978–1183 $17,255 EA Dec 1 North Park University Chicago 73% – $19,910 Rolling Benedictine University Lisle 95% 913–1273 $24,570 RD Jul 26 University of Illinois Springfield Springfield 83% 940–1195 $9,241 EA Dec 1 McKendree University Lebanon 64% – $25,200 Rolling Wheaton College Wheaton 87% 1260–1470 $31,346 EA Oct 15 University of St Francis Joliet 64% 900–1170 $16,455 Rolling Quincy University Quincy 55% 1000–1200 $17,424 Rolling Rockford University Rockford 91% 807.5–1025 $24,098 Rolling Monmouth College Monmouth 87% 1010–1230 $19,088 EA Nov 15 Greenville University Greenville 95% 811–1219 $21,442 RD Jul 25 Blackburn College Carlinville 80% – $21,349 Rolling Eureka College Eureka 89% – $20,215 Rolling Judson University Elgin 63% 860–1080 $21,331 – Trinity Christian College Palos Heights 89% 1050–1200 $17,218 – Trinity International University-Illinois Deerfield 93% – $21,260 – Moody Bible Institute Chicago 98% – $23,950 – Principia College Elsah 48% 990–1220 $14,904 Rolling
ED = early decision, EA = early action, REA = restrictive early action, RD = regular decision. Deadlines are from Common App’s requirements grid; colleges not on the Common App show a dash. Admit rates come from each college’s Common Data Set when it publishes one, otherwise IPEDS (fall 2023 ). All application deadlines .
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