Top Ranked Universities in Illinois - Highest SAT 75th Percentile Scores

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Top Ranked Universities in Illinois - Highest SAT 75th Percentile Scores

Rank in Illinois			Highest SAT 75th Percentile Scores
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	University of Chicago	1570	1590 (↓1.3%)
2	2	Northwestern University	1550	No Change
3	3	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1460	1450 (↑0.7%)
4	4	Wheaton College	1420	No Change
5	5	Illinois Institute of Technology	1400	1380 (↑1.4%)
6 ↑	41	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	1340	670 (↑100.0%)
7 ↓	6	Illinois Wesleyan University	1325	1360 (↓2.6%)
8 ↑	12	Loyola University Chicago	1310	1260 (↑4.0%)
9 ↑	16	Principia College	1300	1223 (↑6.3%)
10 ↓	9	Bradley University	1290	1270 (↑1.6%)
11 ↑	36	McKendree University	1270	1050 (↑21.0%)
12 ↑	112	VanderCook College of Music	1270	Not Available
13 ↓	11	DePaul University	1260	No Change
14	14	Lake Forest College	1240	No Change
15 ↑	78	Olivet Nazarene University	1220	Not Available
16 ↑	22	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville	1220	1170 (↑4.3%)
17 ↓	13	University of Illinois at Chicago	1220	1240 (↓1.6%)
18 ↓	8	University of Illinois at Springfield	1218	1288 (↓5.4%)
19	19	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	1210	No Change
20 ↑	26	Millikin University	1210	1150 (↑5.2%)

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