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Chicago4.5% admitted1,726 first-years7,569 undergrads$14,860
15101580 - Below range
Evanston7.7% admitted2,105 first-years9,201 undergrads$29,167
15101570 - Within range
Bloomington39% admitted461 first-years1,582 undergrads$28,199
11201340 - Below range
Champaign42% admitted9,008 first-years36,258 undergrads$14,355
13101520 - Above range
Elgin48% admitted155 first-years708 undergrads$18,558
8161118 - Within range
Quincy51% admitted266 first-years1,010 undergrads$20,359
10001200 - Within range
Chicago55% admitted519 first-years2,833 undergrads$18,425
11801440 - Within range
Bourbonnais56% admitted791 first-years2,603 undergrads$20,729
9501220 - Within range
Lake Forest57% admitted415 first-years1,813 undergrads$28,673
11901393 - Within range
Rock Island63% admitted664 first-years2,490 undergrads$22,736
10301270 - Within range
Joliet65% admitted209 first-years1,223 undergrads$13,006
10301220 - Above range
Charleston65% admitted804 first-years4,188 undergrads$12,786
8801090 - Above range
Decatur67% admitted342 first-years1,382 undergrads$21,989
8601130 - Within range
Galesburg71% admitted398 first-years1,127 undergrads$24,595
11801440 - Within range
Romeoville71% admitted686 first-years4,015 undergrads$17,028
9601210 - Within range
Elmhurst74% admitted576 first-years3,006 undergrads$24,185
9901260 - Within range
Chicago76% admitted2,566 first-years14,090 undergrads$30,902
11401330 - Within range
Naperville77% admitted482 first-years2,428 undergrads$21,044
10551310 - Within range
Chicago77% admitted4,419 first-years22,170 undergrads$10,974
11301350 - Above range
Jacksonville78% admitted246 first-years930 undergrads$18,298
8831180 - Above range
Aurora81% admitted677 first-years3,974 undergrads$18,838
9001150 - Within range
Chicago82% admitted2,763 first-years11,737 undergrads$36,079
11701360 - Within range
Palos Heights85% admitted128 first-years820 undergrads$19,125
10501320 - Within range
Springfield86% admitted262 first-years2,263 undergrads$9,833
9401200 - Above range
Carbondale87% admitted1,758 first-years8,494 undergrads$13,297
9001160 - Below range
Wheaton87% admitted533 first-years2,121 undergrads$26,975
12601470 - Within range
Normal88% admitted4,285 first-years19,057 undergrads$19,398
9901210 - Above range
River Forest90% admitted749 first-years2,561 undergrads$11,745
8801100 - Within range
Monmouth91% admitted200 first-years702 undergrads$17,133
10001210 - Above range
Rockford93% admitted214 first-years972 undergrads$22,436
8501070 - Above range
Chicago97% admitted631 first-years2,849 undergrads$20,194
8951175 - Within range
Greenville98% admitted255 first-years955 undergrads$19,533
7711230 - Above range
Edwardsville98% admitted1,550 first-years8,750 undergrads$14,889
9501190 - Above range
Lisle98% admitted2,168 first-years27,825 undergrads$30,770
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How to read a college's SAT range
- Enrolled, not admitted. The middle 50% counts students who showed up in the fall, so it can run a little below the admitted range.
- Totals are section sums. The Scorecard publishes section ranges; the true total-score 25th percentile is usually a bit higher.
- Test-optional skews high. Only students who sent scores are counted — read the range as the bar for a score worth sending.
- Under ~15% admitted changes the question. There, SAT position alone doesn't predict admission.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, data release June 10, 2026. SAT ranges are the 25th–75th percentiles of enrolled first-year students (Fall 2024 entering class, IPEDS). Total-score ranges are the sum of the section percentiles. Applicant counts and year-over-year trends come from the NCES IPEDS Admissions survey; schools report about eighteen months after they admit a class, so the newest complete year is not the current cycle. Ranked lists cover schools with at least 1,000 undergraduates — and, for the trend lists, at least 1,000 applicants in both years — because below those floors one strong year reads as a huge swing. First-year class sizes are the entering class from the IPEDS Admissions survey; undergraduates are total enrollment.