UIUC acceptance rate and admissions statistics
UIUC admitted 30,384 of 83,045 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 36.6%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into UIUC counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
UIUC acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 83,045 | 30,384 | 36.6% | 9,207 | 30.3% |
| 2024-25 | 73,742 | 31,247 | 42.4% | 9,008 | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67,398 | 29,446 | 43.7% | 8,325 | 28.3% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at UIUC
Early decision counts: Not published. UIUC’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
UIUC waitlist
UIUC SAT and ACT scores
What UIUC says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors UIUC rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, First generation
- Important: Application essay
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Application essay, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, First generation
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Application essay, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, First generation
UIUC testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional: 'Yes, ACT/SAT scores are optional for all first-year applicants, including international students, homeschooled students, and recruited student-athletes.'
From UIUC’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
UIUC has no early decision plan. The share submitting an SAT is printed as a decimal fraction and shown here as a percent.
UIUC acceptance rate questions
- What is the UIUC acceptance rate?
- UIUC's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 83,045 first-year applicants and 30,384 admitted, an acceptance rate of 36.6%. It was 42.4% in 2024-25 and 43.7% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do UIUC students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1390 to 1520, and ACT submitters scored 31 to 34. 42.6% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the UIUC waitlist?
- In 2025-26, UIUC offered 6,826 applicants a place on the waitlist; 4,317 accepted one, and 1 were admitted from it.
- Does UIUC require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional: 'Yes, ACT/SAT scores are optional for all first-year applicants, including international students, homeschooled students, and recruited student-athletes.'
Applying to UIUC?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what UIUC says it weighs.
Source: UIUC Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with UIUC. All official acceptance rates