| Rankings |
Schools |
| 1 |
University of Chicago (Chicago, IL) Tuition: $44,574
Total enrollment: 12,316 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 16.3%
Average freshman retention rate: 98% 6-year graduation rate: 92%
Classes with under 20 students: 75.1% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 1400-1570 |
| 2 |
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) Tuition: $43,779
Total enrollment: 19,968 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 18.0%
Average freshman retention rate: 97% 6-year graduation rate: 94%
Classes with under 20 students: 75.3% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 31-34 |
| 3 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL) Tuition: in-state: $14,428, out-of-state: $28,570
Total enrollment: 44,407 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 67.6%
Average freshman retention rate: 94% 6-year graduation rate: 82%
Classes with under 20 students: 34.0% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 26-31 |
| 4 |
Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL) Tuition: $34,218
Total enrollment: 16,040 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 54.9%
Average freshman retention rate: 85% 6-year graduation rate: 70%
Classes with under 20 students: 37.5% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 25-29 |
| 5 |
Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL) Tuition: $37,093
Total enrollment: 7,787 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 63.5%
Average freshman retention rate: 91% 6-year graduation rate: 64%
Classes with under 20 students: 55.5% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 24-31 |
| 6 |
DePaul University (Chicago, IL) Tuition: $32,295
Total enrollment: 25,398 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 64.1%
Average freshman retention rate: 86% 6-year graduation rate: 66%
Classes with under 20 students: 38.5% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 23-28 |
| 7 |
University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL) Tuition: in-state: $13,050,
out-of-state: $25,440
Total enrollment: 28,091 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 62.8%
Average freshman retention rate: 80% 6-year graduation rate: 54%
Classes with under 20 students: 28.7% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 21-26 |
| 8 |
Illinois State University (Normal, IL) Tuition: in-state: $12,726,
out-of-state: $20,016
Total enrollment: 21,310 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 63.4%
Average freshman retention rate: 85% 6-year graduation rate: 71%
Classes with under 20 students: 31.7% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 22-26 |
| 9 |
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL) Tuition: in-state:
$11,153, out-of-state: $22,844
Total enrollment: 19,817 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 44.1%
Average freshman retention rate: 68% 6-year graduation rate: 44%
Classes with under 20 students: 55.0% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 18-24 |
| 10 |
Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL) Tuition: in-state: $13,044,
out-of-state: $22,510
Total enrollment: 22,990 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 52.5%
Average freshman retention rate: 73% 6-year graduation rate: 56%
Classes with under 20 students: 45.5% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 19-24 |
| 11 |
Benedictine University (Lisle, IL) Tuition: $25,330
Total enrollment: 7,013 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 75.7%
Average freshman retention rate: 77% 6-year graduation rate: 49%
Classes with under 20 students: 61.2% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 19-25 |
| 12 |
National-Louis University (Chicago, IL) Tuition: N/A
Total enrollment: 5,737 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 29.8%
Average freshman retention rate: 41% 6-year graduation rate: 15%
Classes with under 20 students: 68.5% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: N/A |
| 13 |
Trinity International University (Deerfield, IL) Tuition: $25,840
Total enrollment: 2,814 Fall 2011 acceptance rate: 98.1%
Average freshman retention rate: 70% 6-year graduation rate: 57%
Classes with under 20 students: 49.4% SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: 19-26 |
| 14 |
Argosy University--Chicago (Chicago, IL) Tuition: N/A
Total enrollment: N/A Fall 2011 acceptance rate: N/A
Average freshman retention rate: N/A 6-year graduation rate: N/A
Classes with under 20 students: N/A SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile: N/A |