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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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