Best colleges for Biology in Illinois
47 colleges ranked by share of degrees in Biology
These 47 top Biology colleges in Illinois, ranked by share of degrees in Biology, run from 2% at Governors State University to 100% at National University of Health Sciences. 12 are public and 35 are private.
| # | College | Type | Biology degrees | Undergrads | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National University of Health Sciences Lombard, IL | Private | 100% | 22 | — |
| 2 | Augustana College Rock Island, IL | Private | 18% | 2,418 | 68% |
| 3 | Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL | Private | 16% | 1,782 | 59% |
| 4 | Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL | Private | 13% | 11,576 | 81% |
| 5 | University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL | Public | 12% | 21,814 | 79% |
| 6 | Illinois College Jacksonville, IL | Private | 12% | 925 | 75% |
| 7 | Knox College Galesburg, IL | Private | 11% | 997 | 71% |
| 8 | Dominican University River Forest, IL | Private | 10% | 2,271 | 80% |
| 9 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | Private | 10% | 7,540 | 5% |
| 10 | Blackburn College Carlinville, IL | Private | 10% | 341 | 80% |
| 11 | Wheaton College Wheaton, IL | Private | 10% | 2,087 | 90% |
| 12 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private | 9% | 8,960 | 7% |
| 13 | Monmouth College Monmouth, IL | Private | 9% | 725 | 87% |
| 14 | North Park University Chicago, IL | Private | 9% | 1,844 | 73% |
| 15 | Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL | Private | 8% | 1,570 | 45% |
| 16 | Quincy University Quincy, IL | Private | 8% | 1,038 | 50% |
| 17 | Saint Xavier University Chicago, IL | Private | 8% | 3,030 | 86% |
| 18 | Greenville University Greenville, IL | Private | 8% | 873 | 95% |
| 19 | University of St Francis Joliet, IL | Private | 6% | 1,292 | 64% |
| 20 | Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL | Private | 6% | 2,954 | 76% |
| 21 | Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL | Public | 6% | 3,869 | 70% |
| 22 | Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL | Private | 6% | 2,485 | 67% |
| 23 | Eureka College Eureka, IL | Private | 6% | 522 | 88% |
| 24 | Rockford University Rockford, IL | Private | 6% | 956 | 57% |
| 25 | Principia College Elsah, IL | Private | 6% | 337 | 44% |
| 26 | Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL | Public | 6% | 4,398 | 68% |
| 27 | Roosevelt University Chicago, IL | Private | 6% | 2,583 | 94% |
| 28 | North Central College Naperville, IL | Private | 6% | 2,360 | 58% |
| 29 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | Public | 5% | 34,623 | 44% |
| 30 | Lewis University Romeoville, IL | Private | 5% | 3,665 | 73% |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL | Public | 5% | 8,836 | 97% |
| 32 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL | Public | 5% | 8,116 | 90% |
| 33 | Benedictine University Lisle, IL | Private | 5% | 1,817 | 77% |
| 34 | Chicago State University Chicago, IL | Public | 5% | 1,414 | 41% |
| 35 | Millikin University Decatur, IL | Private | 4% | 1,458 | 54% |
| 36 | University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL | Public | 4% | 2,292 | 84% |
| 37 | Bradley University Peoria, IL | Private | 4% | 3,865 | 77% |
| 38 | Western Illinois University Macomb, IL | Public | 4% | 4,939 | 75% |
| 39 | Concordia University-Chicago River Forest, IL | Private | 4% | 1,337 | 93% |
| 40 | East-West University Chicago, IL | Private | 4% | 528 | — |
| 41 | Trinity Christian College Palos Heights, IL | Private | 4% | 796 | 89% |
| 42 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL | Private | 3% | 2,812 | 55% |
| 43 | Illinois State University Normal, IL | Public | 3% | 18,414 | 89% |
| 44 | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL | Public | 3% | 11,277 | 70% |
| 45 | DePaul University Chicago, IL | Private | 2% | 14,283 | 74% |
| 46 | McKendree University Lebanon, IL | Private | 2% | 1,600 | 64% |
| 47 | Governors State University University Park, IL | Public | 2% | 2,518 | — |
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