Best ROI 4-Year Colleges in Illinois

These are the best ROI 4-year colleges in illinois, ranked by earnings-to-cost ratio (ROI). The ranking includes 50 institutions, with University of Illinois Chicago leading at 1.6x.

Rank	Institution	State	ROI
1	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	1.6x
2	University of Chicago	IL	1.6x
3	University of Illinois Springfield	IL	1.4x
4	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	1.4x
5	Saint Xavier University	IL	1.3x
6	Dominican University	IL	1.3x
7	University of St Francis	IL	1.2x
8	Governors State University	IL	1.2x
9	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	1.1x
10	Northern Illinois University	IL	1.1x
11	Western Illinois University	IL	1.1x
12	Eastern Illinois University	IL	1.0x
13	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	IL	1.0x
14	Lewis University	IL	1.0x
15	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	0.9x
16	Northeastern Illinois University	IL	0.9x
17	National Louis University	IL	0.9x
18	North Park University	IL	0.9x
19	Chicago State University	IL	0.9x
20	Illinois State University	IL	0.8x
21	Aurora University	IL	0.8x
22	Northwestern University	IL	0.8x
23	Judson University	IL	0.8x
24	Monmouth College	IL	0.8x
25	Bradley University	IL	0.7x
26	Eureka College	IL	0.7x
27	Chamberlain University-Illinois	IL	0.7x
28	Concordia University-Chicago	IL	0.7x
29	Trinity Christian College	IL	0.7x
30	Illinois College	IL	0.7x
31	North Central College	IL	0.7x
32	Benedictine University	IL	0.7x
33	Augustana College	IL	0.7x
34	Elmhurst University	IL	0.6x
35	Olivet Nazarene University	IL	0.6x
36	Illinois Wesleyan University	IL	0.6x
37	Quincy University	IL	0.6x
38	Rockford University	IL	0.6x
39	Roosevelt University	IL	0.6x
40	Greenville University	IL	0.6x
41	Wheaton College	IL	0.6x
42	McKendree University	IL	0.6x
43	Millikin University	IL	0.6x
44	DePaul University	IL	0.6x
45	Knox College	IL	0.6x
46	Lake Forest College	IL	0.5x
47	Moody Bible Institute	IL	0.5x
48	Loyola University Chicago	IL	0.5x
49	Columbia College Chicago	IL	0.4x
50	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	IL	0.2x

Methodology

4-Year institutions in Illinois ranked by ROI. Minimum enrollment: 500 students. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.