Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in Illinois

Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in Illinois, ranked by graduation rate. Reported College Scorecard completion rate. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 50 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 2Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois8%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 3University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois42%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 4Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois87%1380$27k$64k85%2,12124 mi 5Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, Illinois57%1343$29k$62k78%1,8131 mi 6Bradley UniversityPeoria, Illinois77%—$23k$67k76%3,574130 mi 7Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois55%1311$18k$83k75%2,8331 mi 8Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, Illinois39%1275$28k$71k75%1,582114 mi 9Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois82%1297$36k$72k73%11,737< 1 mi 10Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois63%1165$23k$63k73%2,490150 mi 11Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, Illinois74%1151$24k$61k70%3,00616 mi 12DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois76%1262$31k$69k68%14,0901 mi 13Knox CollegeGalesburg, Illinois71%1326$25k$55k68%1,127156 mi 14School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, Illinois77%—$50k$40k67%2,8051 mi 15University of St FrancisJoliet, Illinois65%1141$13k$64k67%1,22332 mi 16Lewis UniversityRomeoville, Illinois71%1096$17k$66k67%4,01529 mi 17Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, Illinois91%1128$17k$51k65%702170 mi 18Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois88%1113$19k$62k65%19,057113 mi 19North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois77%1213$21k$60k64%2,42828 mi 20Illinois CollegeJacksonville, Illinois78%1064$18k$53k64%930198 mi 21Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois87%1055$13k$53k62%8,494288 mi 22Moody Bible InstituteChicago, Illinois83%—$22k$45k62%1,5101 mi 23University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois77%1250$11k$69k62%22,1702 mi 24Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, Illinois56%1117$21k$53k61%2,60342 mi 25Aurora UniversityAurora, Illinois81%1076$19k$59k60%3,97438 mi 26Judson UniversityElgin, Illinois48%1039$19k$56k60%70827 mi 27North Park UniversityChicago, Illinois69%—$17k$60k58%1,8183 mi 28Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights, Illinois85%1157$19k$56k58%82014 mi 29Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, Illinois98%1100$15k$56k57%8,750240 mi 30Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, Illinois84%—$11k$59k57%3,0969 mi 31Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Illinois90%1002$12k$60k55%2,5619 mi 32Millikin UniversityDecatur, Illinois67%1034$22k$51k55%1,382149 mi 33McKendree UniversityLebanon, Illinois72%—$25k$59k53%1,752245 mi 34University of Illinois SpringfieldSpringfield, Illinois86%1102$10k$57k53%2,263176 mi 35Columbia College ChicagoChicago, Illinois89%—$27k$42k52%5,3681 mi 36Benedictine UniversityLisle, Illinois95%—$22k$63k50%1,94226 mi 37Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois70%—$13k$58k49%11,30153 mi 38Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois65%1000$13k$52k47%4,188155 mi 39Rockford UniversityRockford, Illinois93%956$22k$55k47%97261 mi 40Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, Illinois71%—$13k$54k45%4,410186 mi 41Quincy UniversityQuincy, Illinois51%1098$20k$50k45%1,010236 mi 42Chamberlain University-IllinoisAddison, Illinois83%—$32k$92k42%14,02719 mi 43Eureka CollegeEureka, Illinois85%—$17k$52k42%522115 mi 44Greenville UniversityGreenville, Illinois98%1038$20k$47k40%955217 mi 45Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, Illinois93%—$18k$54k36%1,3239 mi 46Roosevelt UniversityChicago, Illinois97%1011$20k$49k35%2,8491 mi 47National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois95%—$13k$46k30%4,4061 mi 48Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, Illinois48%—$12k$58k22%2,55621 mi 49Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, Illinois75%—$14k$52k22%3,9823 mi 50Chicago State UniversityChicago, Illinois43%—$12k$43k15%1,3844 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.