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1
Knox College  
8.78.57.77.9127
A- 8.5
2
University of Chicago  
8.58.18.17.7146
A- 8.3
3
Northwestern University  
8.37.58.17.4167
A- 8.1
4
Lake Forest College  
8.47.68.08.443
B+ 8.0
5
Judson University  
8.98.68.78.411
B+ 8.0
6
Bradley University  
8.27.67.37.166
B+ 7.8
7
University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign  
8.07.07.27.9275
B+ 7.8
8
Wheaton College  
8.27.27.97.138
B+ 7.7
9
School of the Art Institute of Chicago  
7.48.27.47.069
B+ 7.4
10
Illinois Wesleyan University  
7.77.27.17.435
B 7.3
11
DePaul University  
7.37.27.37.3106
B 7.2
12
Northern Illinois University  
7.56.86.47.2127
B 7.2
13
Elmhurst College  
7.27.17.16.286
B 7.0
14
Trinity International University Illinois  
7.85.86.96.528
B 7.0
15
Augustana College  
7.56.27.56.137
B 7.0
16
Illinois Institute of Technology  
7.36.56.65.998
B 7.0
17
Olivet Nazarene University  
7.26.76.26.2104
B 6.9
18
Monmouth College  
8.08.17.38.47
B 6.8
19
Saint Xavier University  
7.46.06.76.431
B 6.7
20
Concordia University Chicago  
8.27.47.15.76
B- 6.5
21
Moody Bible Institute  
6.95.96.26.061
B- 6.5
22
Loyola University - Chicago  
6.56.67.06.4107
B- 6.5
23
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale  
6.76.56.15.7120
B- 6.5
24
Western Illinois University  
6.76.26.36.354
B- 6.4
25
Illinois State University  
6.66.16.16.559
B- 6.4
26
Northeastern Illinois University  
6.56.06.25.842
B- 6.2
27
Chicago State University  
6.96.16.05.720
B- 6.2
28
East West University  
7.55.56.85.410
B- 6.2
29
University of Illinois - Springfield  
6.46.15.96.536
B- 6.1
30
Eastern Illinois University  
6.55.15.46.148
B- 6.0
31
North Central College  
6.16.25.96.644
B- 6.0
32
Trinity Christian College  
6.55.35.65.436
B- 6.0
33
University of Illinois - Chicago  
6.15.65.95.5119
B- 5.9
34
Millikin University  
6.16.95.94.838
B- 5.9
35
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville  
6.15.86.16.246
B- 5.9
36
MacMurray College  
6.96.65.56.09
B- 5.8
37
Chicago School of Professional Psychology Chicago  
6.66.57.36.98
C+ 5.6
38
National Louis University  
6.26.86.67.011
C+ 5.6
39
Greenville College  
6.16.25.64.722
C+ 5.6
40
Illinois College  
6.85.85.35.39
C+ 5.5
41
Governors State University  
5.95.26.05.542
C+ 5.5
42
University of St Francis  
6.85.05.76.58
C+ 5.4
43
Roosevelt University  
5.55.45.76.044
C+ 5.3
44
McKendree University  
5.86.56.15.011
C+ 5.1
45
Lewis University  
5.25.45.25.534
C 5.0
46
DeVry University Illinois  
5.85.25.44.57
C 4.4
47
Rockford University  
5.05.04.54.615
C 4.4
48
Aurora University  
4.84.34.34.826
C 4.3
49
Quincy University  
5.14.74.36.28
C- 4.0
50
DeVry Institute of Technology DuPage  
4.64.15.56.26
D+ 3.3

 

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