College Rankings - Academics in Illinois

Making the grade: A high Academics grade generally indicates that professors are knowledgeable, accessible, and genuinely interested in their students’ welfare. Other determining factors include class size, how well professors communicate, and whether or not classes are engaging. How exactly does CP calculate these grades?

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Grade Are You Interested? School Name Tuition Size
A+
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
$38,463 9,914
A+
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$41,853 5,391
A-
Illinois
Champaign, IL
$26,670 31,473
A-
Wheaton College - Illinois
Wheaton, IL
$26,520 2,399
B+
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
$27,343 16,257
B+
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL
$33,982 2,069
B+
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
$30,656 10,077
B
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
$21,284 11,138
B
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL
$25,227 10,225
B
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, IL
$28,600 3,145
B-
Bradley University
Peoria, IL
$24,224 5,061
B-
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
$16,561 18,389
B-
McKendree University
Lebanon, IL
$22,070 2,249
B-
Millikin University
Decatur, IL
$26,445 2,276
B-
North Central College
Naperville, IL
$26,916 2,522
B-
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL
$10,829 11,439
C+
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL
$18,410 18,277
C+
S Illinois Carbondale
Carbondale, IL
$19,868 15,137
C+
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
$24,424 15,972