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Colleges in Illinois

All 86 Illinois colleges in the Trajecta rankings, ordered by Trajecta Score — a 0–100 measure built from College Scorecard and IPEDS data, never opinion surveys. Every school links to its full data page.

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Colleges in Illinois ranked by Trajecta Score
# College City Selectivity Admit rate Score
1 University of Chicago Chicago Elite 4% 87
2 Northwestern University Evanston Elite 8% 83
3 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign Moderate 42% 73
4 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago Moderate 55% 65
5 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Open 77% 65
6 Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington Selective 39% 59
7 Wheaton College Wheaton Open 87% 57
8 Lake Forest College Lake Forest Moderate 57% 55
9 DePaul University Chicago Open 76% 55
10 Bradley University Peoria Open 77% 55
11 Lewis University Romeoville Open 71% 55
12 Loyola University Chicago Chicago Open 82% 55
13 Governors State University University Park Moderate 48% 54
14 St. Augustine College Chicago Open — 52
15 University of St Francis Joliet Open 65% 52
16 Northeastern Illinois University Chicago Open 75% 52
17 Methodist College Peoria Selective 39% 52
18 Augustana College Rock Island Moderate 63% 52
19 University of Illinois Springfield Springfield Open 86% 51
20 Northern Illinois University Dekalb Open 70% 51
21 Illinois State University Normal Open 88% 51
22 Elmhurst University Elmhurst Open 74% 50
23 North Central College Naperville Open 77% 50
24 Dominican University River Forest Open 90% 49
25 North Park University Chicago Open 69% 49
26 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville Open 98% 49
27 Chicago State University Chicago Moderate 43% 49
28 Eastern Illinois University Charleston Open 65% 49
29 Knox College Galesburg Open 71% 49
30 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale Open 87% 49
31 Western Illinois University Macomb Open 71% 48
32 Aurora University Aurora Open 81% 48
33 Trinity Christian College Palos Heights Open 85% 47
34 Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais Moderate 56% 46
35 Saint Xavier University Chicago Open 84% 46
36 Judson University Elgin Moderate 48% 46
37 Benedictine University Lisle Open 95% 46
38 Blackburn College Carlinville Moderate 63% 45
39 Illinois College Jacksonville Open 78% 44
40 Moody Bible Institute Chicago Open 83% 44
41 Millikin University Decatur Open 67% 44
42 Monmouth College Monmouth Open 91% 43
43 Quincy University Quincy Moderate 51% 43
44 McKendree University Lebanon Open 72% 42
45 Trinity International University-Illinois Deerfield Open 100% 42
46 Roosevelt University Chicago Open 97% 41
47 Rockford University Rockford Open 93% 41
48 Hebrew Theological College Skokie Moderate 57% 40
49 Eureka College Eureka Open 85% 39
50 National Louis University Chicago Open 95% 39
51 Concordia University-Chicago River Forest Open 93% 37
52 Greenville University Greenville Open 98% 36
53 Columbia College Chicago Chicago Open 89% 35
54 East-West University Chicago Open — 34
55 Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago Chicago Open 100% 31
56 Principia College Elsah Open — 29
— Adler University Chicago Open — —
— Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation Inc. Chicago Open — —
— Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences Quincy Open — —
— Catholic Theological Union at Chicago Chicago Open — —
— Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago Open — —
— Erikson Institute Chicago Open — —
— Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston Open — —
— Illinois College of Optometry Chicago Open — —
— Institute for Clinical Social Work Chicago Open — —
— Lake Forest Graduate School of Management Lake Forest Open — —
— Lakeview College of Nursing Danville Open — —
— Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Chicago Open — —
— McCormick Theological Seminary Chicago Open — —
— Meadville Theological School of Lombard College Chicago Open — —
— Midwestern University-Downers Grove Downers Grove Open — —
— National University of Health Sciences Lombard Open — —
— Northern Baptist Theological Seminary Lisle Open — —
— NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia Evanston Open — —
— Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science North Chicago Open — —
— Rush University Chicago Open — —
— Saint Anthony College of Nursing Rockford Open — —
— Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing Peoria Open — —
— School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago Open 77% —
— Spertus College Chicago Open — —
— St. John's College-Department of Nursing Springfield Open — —
— The Chicago School at Chicago Chicago Selective 34% —
— Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago Chicago Open — —
— Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences Rock Island Open — —
— University of Saint Mary of the Lake Mundelein Open — —
— VanderCook College of Music Chicago Open 89% —

Scores and admissions data from College Scorecard / IPEDS. How the ranking works →