UIUC: Acceptance Rate and Admissions Statistics

Dr. Allen Grove is an Alfred University English professor and a college admissions expert with over 20 years of experience helping students transition to college.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public research institution with an acceptance rate of 62%. The flagship campus of the University of Illinois system spans the twin cities of Urbana and Champaign. UIUC consistently ranks among the top public universities in the country. The school boasts over 47,000 students and 150 different majors, and is well known for its outstanding engineering and science programs. UIUC's strengths in the liberal arts and sciences earned it a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Illinois has the largest university library in the U.S. outside of the Ivy League. Along with strong academics, UIUC is a member of the Big Ten Conference and fields 21 varsity teams.

Considering applying to The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign? Here are the admissions statistics you should know, including average SAT/ACT scores and GPAs of admitted students.

Acceptance Rate

During the 2017-18 admissions cycle, UIUC had an acceptance rate of 62%. This means that for every 100 students who applied, 62 students were admitted, making UIUC's admissions process competitive.

The admissions data in the graph is self-reported by applicants to The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. GPAs are unweighted. Find out how you compare to accepted students, see the real-time graph, and calculate your chances of getting in with a free Cappex account.

Admissions Chances

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has a competitive admissions pool and is one of the top-rated public universities in the country. UIUC students tend to be particularly strong in math and science because of the university's many strengths in STEM fields. The great majority of admitted students had GPAs above a 3.0, and your chances will be best if you are a solid "A" student. However, UIUC has a holistic admissions process involving other factors beyond your grades and test scores. A strong application essay can strengthen your application, as can participation in meaningful extracurricular activities and a rigorous course schedule. Students with particularly compelling stories or achievements can still receive serious consideration even if their test scores are outside of UIUC's average range.

As the scattergram above reveals, students who get into UIUC tend to have relatively strong GPAs and test scores. The blue and green represent accepted students, and most of them had a high school average of B+ or higher, an ACT composite score of 20 or higher, and a combined SAT score (ERW+M) of above 1050.