Top Ranked Universities in Illinois - Highest Overall School Score

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Top Ranked Universities in Illinois - Highest Overall School Score

Rank in Illinois			Highest Overall School Score
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1 ↑	2	University of Chicago	96.95	96.45 (↑0.5%)
2 ↓	1	Northwestern University	96.72	97.16 (↓0.4%)
3	3	Wheaton College	95.85	No Change
4	4	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	95.02	95.48 (↓0.5%)
5 ↑	7	Principia College	94.91	93.77 (↑1.2%)
6 ↓	5	Illinois Institute of Technology	94.79	94.64 (↑0.2%)
7 ↓	6	Illinois Wesleyan University	93.84	94.62 (↓0.8%)
8 ↑	57	Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago	91.85	73.87 (↑24.3%)
9 ↓	8	Bradley University	90.37	93.01 (↓2.8%)
10 ↑	15	Lake Forest College	89.19	87.72 (↑1.7%)
11	11	DePaul University	89.10	89.27 (↓0.2%)
12 ↓	9	Loyola University Chicago	89.03	89.65 (↓0.7%)
13 ↑	17	University of Illinois at Springfield	88.03	86.88 (↑1.3%)
14 ↑	21	VanderCook College of Music	88.01	85.36 (↑3.1%)
15 ↑	70	Hebrew Theological College	87.87	58.67 (↑49.8%)
16 ↑	22	Augustana College	87.76	85.17 (↑3.0%)
17 ↑	18	University of Illinois at Chicago	87.39	86.57 (↑1.0%)
18 ↓	16	Shimer College	87.33	87.15 (↑0.2%)
19 ↑	39	Midstate College	87.08	Not Available
20 ↓	10	Illinois State University	86.68	89.38 (↓3.0%)

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