64 Best colleges for Geology in Illinois

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Illinois ranked based on their research performance in Geology. A graph of 8.79M citations received by 209K academic papers made by 64 universities in Illinois was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Champaign

For Geology

#10 in the United States

#11 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 61%

2. University of Chicago

Chicago

For Geology

#31 in the United States

#35 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $27,979

3. Northwestern University

Evanston

For Geology

#41 in the United States

#45 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $23,341

4. University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago

For Geology

#68 in the United States

#79 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 80%

5. Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Carbondale

For Geology

#164 in the United States

#192 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1025
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 97%

6. Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago

For Geology

#176 in the United States

#204 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $25,001

7. Loyola University Chicago

Chicago

For Geology

#189 in the United States

#218 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $37,592

8. Northern Illinois University

DeKalb

For Geology

#195 in the United States

#224 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $13,565
Enrollment: 15,504

9. Illinois State University

Normal

For Geology

#234 in the United States

#267 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 98%

10. DePaul University

Chicago

For Geology

#273 in the United States

#313 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $32,129

11. Illinois College

Jacksonville

For Geology

#278 in the United States

#318 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1081
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $17,255

12. Wheaton College - Illinois

Wheaton

For Geology

#325 in the United States

#373 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1350
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $31,346

13. Saint Anthony College of Nursing

Rockford

For Geology

#337 in the United States

#386 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $20,319
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $12,832

14. Eastern Illinois University

Charleston

For Geology

#349 in the United States

#399 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1000
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $11,122

15. NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia

Evanston

For Geology

#360 in the United States

#410 in North America

Enrollment: 75
Male:Female: 32:68

16. Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Edwardsville

For Geology

#371 in the United States

#422 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average SAT: 1030
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 93%

17. Rush University

Chicago

For Geology

#397 in the United States

#448 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,782
Male:Female: 22:78
Founded: 1972

18. North Central College

Naperville

For Geology

#428 in the United States

#479 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1173
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $24,190

19. Western Illinois University

Macomb

For Geology

#433 in the United States

#484 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Receiving Aid: 54%
Average Aid: $15,620
Enrollment: 7,073

20. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

North Chicago

For Geology

#466 in the United States

#517 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 1,949
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1912

21. Bradley University

Peoria

For Geology

#475 in the United States

#526 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $24,703

22. Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington

For Geology

#556 in the United States

#611 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $31,310

23. Saint Xavier University

Chicago

For Geology

#580 in the United States

#636 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $11,943
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $30,290

24. Northeastern Illinois University

Chicago

For Geology

#586 in the United States

#643 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $12,560
Enrollment: 5,504

25. University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield

For Geology

#621 in the United States

#679 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 98%

26. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Chicago

For Geology

#641 in the United States

#702 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 38
Male:Female: 73:27

27. Roosevelt University

Chicago

For Geology

#643 in the United States

#704 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 955
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $21,503

28. Augustana College

Rock Island

For Geology

#743 in the United States

#808 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1130
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $24,695

29. School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago

For Geology

#762 in the United States

#828 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Net Price: $55,485
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $18,872

30. Lake Forest College

Lake Forest

For Geology

#806 in the United States

#873 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1268
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $29,894

31. Chicago State University

Chicago

For Geology

#811 in the United States

#878 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $19,111
Enrollment: 2,324

32. Governors State University

University Park

For Geology

#823 in the United States

#890 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $11,315
Enrollment: 4,337

33. Knox College

Galesburg

For Geology

#860 in the United States

#928 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1253
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $25,524

34. Rockford University

Rockford

For Geology

#885 in the United States

#953 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 960
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $24,098

35. Illinois College of Optometry

Chicago

For Geology

#963 in the United States

#1033 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 483
Male:Female: 26:74
Founded: 1872

36. Dominican University

River Forest

For Geology

#979 in the United States

#1049 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1037
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $16,969

37. Benedictine University

Lisle

For Geology

#992 in the United States

#1063 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Net Price: $24,570
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $21,484

38. Lewis University

Romeoville

For Geology

#994 in the United States

#1065 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $19,472

39. Millikin University

Decatur

For Geology

#1002 in the United States

#1073 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1015
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $10,078

40. Blackburn College

Carlinville

For Geology

#1007 in the United States

#1079 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Net Price: $21,349
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $15,613

41. Columbia College Chicago

Chicago

For Geology

#1052 in the United States

#1126 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Net Price: $29,790
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $20,851

42. Greenville University

Greenville

For Geology

#1069 in the United States

#1144 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1015
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $21,442

43. National Louis University

Chicago

For Geology

#1071 in the United States

#1146 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $15,724
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $9,722

44. Elmhurst College

Elmhurst

For Geology

#1076 in the United States

#1151 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1085
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $22,760

45. Erikson Institute

Chicago

For Geology

#1114 in the United States

#1189 in North America

Enrollment: 368
Male:Female: 2:98

46. Saint Augustine College

Chicago

For Geology

#1127 in the United States

#1202 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $17,008
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $5,947

47. John Marshall Law School

Chicago

For Geology

#1135 in the United States

#1210 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1899

48. Monmouth College

Monmouth

For Geology

#1154 in the United States

#1229 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $19,088

49. McKendree University

Lebanon

For Geology

#1167 in the United States

#1244 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Net Price: $25,200
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $22,269

50. National University of Health Sciences

Lombard

For Geology

#1170 in the United States

#1247 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 513
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1906

51. North Park University

Chicago

For Geology

#1185 in the United States

#1262 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Net Price: $19,910
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $22,779

52. University of St Francis

Joliet

For Geology

#1199 in the United States

#1276 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1035
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $16,455

53. Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.

Chicago

For Geology

#1204 in the United States

#1281 in North America

Enrollment: 76
Male:Female: 47:53

54. Principia College

Elsah

For Geology

#1220 in the United States

#1297 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1145
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $14,904

55. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Chicago

For Geology

#1227 in the United States

#1304 in North America

Enrollment: 114
Male:Female: 44:56

56. Eureka College

Eureka

For Geology

#1231 in the United States

#1308 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Net Price: $20,215
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $18,303

57. Aurora University

Aurora

For Geology

#1236 in the United States

#1313 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1032
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $19,220

58. DeVry University - Illinois

Chicago

For Geology

#1255 in the United States

#1332 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1060
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $31,063

59. Quincy University

Quincy

For Geology

#1270 in the United States

#1347 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1160
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $17,424

60. Adler University

Chicago

For Geology

#1301 in the United States

#1380 in North America

Enrollment: 1,674
Male:Female: 18:82
Founded: 1952

61. Kendall College

Chicago

For Geology

#1317 in the United States

#1396 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Net Price: $30,324
Receiving Aid: 69%
Average Aid: $7,984

62. Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais

For Geology

#1345 in the United States

#1426 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1075
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $22,707

63. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Evanston

For Geology

#1369 in the United States

#1451 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 299
Male:Female: 44:56

64. McCormick Theological Seminary

Chicago

For Geology

#1375 in the United States

#1457 in North America

Enrollment: 133
Male:Female: 63:37

Closest to Illinois states to learn Geology

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Indiana	30	29
Missouri	30	43
Iowa	22	47
Kentucky	21	67
Wisconsin	27	8
Tennessee	30	56
Ohio	52	18
Michigan	29	5
Arkansas	16	131
West Virginia	15	115
Minnesota	25	13
Mississippi	13	114
Kansas	12	55
Alabama	24	94
Virginia	40	46
Georgia	38	40
North Carolina	37	34
Oklahoma	16	64
Nebraska	12	63
South Carolina	25	86
Pennsylvania	89	12
South Dakota	8	190
District of Columbia	9	123
Louisiana	21	58
Maryland	25	21
New York	122	7
New Jersey	23	25
North Dakota	6	175
Connecticut	20	19
Texas	70	15
Vermont	10	129
Colorado	18	24
Massachusetts	63	1
Rhode Island	9	61
Florida	46	16
New Hampshire	11	91
New Mexico	8	81
Maine	13	125
Montana	8	97
Utah	10	42
Arizona	9	20
Idaho	7	127
Nevada	7	109
Oregon	17	37
Washington	29	4
California	112	2
Puerto Rico	13	261
Alaska	4	84
Hawaii	7	71