Most selective colleges in East North Central

50 colleges ranked by acceptance rate

These 50 most selective colleges in East North Central, ranked by acceptance rate, run from 5% at University of Chicago to 63% at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. 8 are public and 42 are private.

#	College	Type	Acceptance	Avg SAT	Net price / yr
1	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Private	5%	1,554	$18,967
2	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Private	7%	1,526	$27,143
3	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Private	12%	1,510	$27,823
4	Denison University Granville, OH	Private	17%	1,395	$38,111
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	Public	18%	1,473	$14,832
6	Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MI	Private	21%	1,433	—
7	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	Private	29%	1,501	$38,909
8	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	Private	31%	1,440	$29,383
9	Methodist College Peoria, IL	Private	31%	—	$14,867
10	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	Private	33%	1,440	$39,184
11	Art Academy of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	Private	33%	—	$38,041
12	Kuyper College Grand Rapids, MI	Private	34%	—	$28,458
13	Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, MI	Private	37%	1,072	$20,899
14	Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, OH	Private	38%	—	$32,623
15	Ohio Christian University Circleville, OH	Private	40%	910	$21,607
16	Chicago State University Chicago, IL	Public	41%	—	$10,133
17	Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences Canton, OH	Private	41%	1,020	$21,873
18	Defiance College Defiance, OH	Private	42%	—	$23,722
19	Mercy College of Ohio Toledo, OH	Private	43%	961	$15,709
20	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	Public	43%	1,402	$16,928
21	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	Public	44%	1,418	$15,201
22	Principia College Elsah, IL	Private	44%	1,096	—
23	Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL	Private	45%	1,242	$29,550
24	Central State University Wilberforce, OH	Public	46%	—	$16,544
25	Cleary University Howell, MI	Private	50%	—	$21,019
26	Quincy University Quincy, IL	Private	50%	1,157	$17,324
27	The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Cincinnati, OH	Private	50%	972	$19,462
28	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	Public	50%	1,342	$13,945
29	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH	Private	51%	1,311	$21,619
30	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	Public	51%	1,407	$18,292
31	Wilberforce University Wilberforce, OH	Private	53%	980	$7,349
32	Millikin University Decatur, IL	Private	54%	1,050	$8,837
33	DePauw University Greencastle, IN	Private	54%	1,287	$24,546
34	The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	Private	54%	1,370	$25,766
35	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	Private	55%	1,296	$19,353
36	Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OH	Private	56%	1,156	$41,480
37	Mount St. Joseph University Cincinnati, OH	Private	57%	1,068	$16,135
38	Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne, IN	Private	57%	—	$21,318
39	Rockford University Rockford, IL	Private	57%	984	$23,066
40	Beloit College Beloit, WI	Private	57%	1,318	$21,924
41	Mount Carmel College of Nursing Columbus, OH	Private	57%	1,020	$12,939
42	North Central College Naperville, IL	Private	58%	1,165	$23,033
43	Carroll University Waukesha, WI	Private	58%	1,209	$24,362
44	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI	Public	59%	1,127	$10,904
45	Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL	Private	59%	1,309	$27,499
46	Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI	Private	60%	—	$24,021
47	Bluffton University Bluffton, OH	Private	61%	1,020	$17,430
48	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	Private	62%	1,313	$31,236
49	Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN	Private	63%	1,210	$21,906
50	Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Milwaukee, WI	Private	63%	1,155	$27,514

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