UChicago Comparisons

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Compare with Illinois Public Colleges

Compare with Illinois Public Colleges for University of Chicago
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Champaign, IL	$54,658 lower in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	$56,324 lower in-state tuition	73% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Illinois Private Colleges

Compare with Illinois Private Colleges for University of Chicago
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	$2,340 lower in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wheaton College Wheaton, IL	$25,116 lower in-state tuition	83% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	$18,276 lower in-state tuition	51% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL	$14,260 lower in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Knox College Galesburg, IL	$12,759 lower in-state tuition	67% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Public Colleges

Compare with Regional Public Colleges for University of Chicago
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$52,926 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ohio State University Main Campus Columbus, OH	$57,418 lower in-state tuition	57% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, WI	$59,059 lower in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Purdue University Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	$60,670 lower in-state tuition	46% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Miami University Oxford Oxford, OH	$52,501 lower in-state tuition	71% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN	$58,518 lower in-state tuition	74% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Cincinnati Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	$56,686 lower in-state tuition	81% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Truman State University Kirksville, MO	$60,824 lower in-state tuition	80% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO	$55,678 lower in-state tuition	69% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Minnesota Rochester Rochester, MN	$55,646 lower in-state tuition	67% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Private Colleges

Compare with Regional Private Colleges for University of Chicago
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	$5,637 lower in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO	$4,872 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Dayton Dayton, OH	$21,522 lower in-state tuition	61% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	$4,054 lower in-state tuition	33% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	$3,296 lower in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Carleton College Northfield, MN	$1,770 lower in-state tuition	16% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Denison University Granville, OH	$3,662 lower in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	$2,556 lower in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Kenyon College Gambier, OH	$858 higher in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
DePauw University Greencastle, IN	$11,592 lower in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare
St Olaf College Northfield, MN	$10,902 lower in-state tuition	44% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	$14,902 lower in-state tuition	71% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	$9,022 lower in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	$12,013 lower in-state tuition	73% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI	$20,182 lower in-state tuition	55% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI	$9,612 lower in-state tuition	71% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ohio Northern University Ada, OH	$30,862 lower in-state tuition	70% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Beloit College Beloit, WI	$9,776 lower in-state tuition	59% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Centre College Danville, KY	$17,842 lower in-state tuition	50% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Luther College Decorah, IA	$18,542 lower in-state tuition	68% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Transylvania University Lexington, KY	$23,792 lower in-state tuition	83% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lawrence University Appleton, WI	$13,680 lower in-state tuition	60% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Viterbo University La Crosse, WI	$36,412 lower in-state tuition	68% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan	$37,473 lower in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with National Colleges

Compare with National Colleges for University of Chicago
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Stanford University Stanford, CA	$4,752 lower in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Duke University Durham, NC	$1,904 lower in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	$3,164 lower in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$7,974 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Yale University New Haven, CT	$3,412 lower in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Emory University Atlanta, GA	$6,382 lower in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$4,416 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rice University Houston, TX	$6,518 lower in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	$40 higher in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Brown University Providence, RI	$750 higher in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$8,266 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	$2,394 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	$1,984 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Tufts University Medford, MA	$42 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colgate University Hamilton, NY	$356 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Rochester Rochester, NY	$3,582 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Barnard College New York, NY	$774 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	$3,020 lower in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Babson College Wellesley, MA	$13,510 lower in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	$5,432 lower in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Brandeis University Waltham, MA	$2,582 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	$20,601 lower in-state tuition	58% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	$320 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Data source: NCES / IPEDS https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=144050.

Last updated: August 2026