Best Illinois State Schools

View the Best Illinois State Schools and compare the schools with key academic characteristics such as tuition and test scores to get right decision.

Top Illinois State Programs Comparison

The next table lists the top 4 Illinois State Programs for academic year 2022-2023. University of Chicago ranked top in the Best Illinois State Schools and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University follows it. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $52,842 for undergraduate programs $43,374 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top Illinois State Programs is 1,463 and the acceptance rate is 36.47%. The average students to faculty ratio is 11.00 to 1 for top Illinois State Programs. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.
2022-2023 Top Illinois State Programs Comparison
Rank*NameTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidPopulationAcceptance RateTest ScoresStudents to Faculty Ratio
5 University of Chicago
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Private, 4-yearsChicago, IL
$66,939 $43,934 18,3395% 1,540 SAT
34 ACT
5 to 1
77 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Public, 4-yearsChampaign, IL
$34,501
($16,004)
$16,449 56,91645% 1,440 SAT
32 ACT
21 to 1
11 Northwestern University
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Private, 4-yearsEvanston, IL
$65,997 $53,533 23,1617% 1,530 SAT
34 ACT
6 to 1
166 Wheaton College
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Private, 4-yearsWheaton, IL
$43,930 $20,220 2,88588% 1,340 SAT
31 ACT
12 to 1
Average$52,842
($16,004)
$33,534 101,30136.47% 1,463 SAT
32.7500 ACT
11.00 to 1
*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.
All data used in our site is from IPEDS (The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System), U.S. Department of Education, academic year 2022-2023