College visits in Illinois
Chicago holds the state's tour-traffic core — UChicago in Hyde Park and Northwestern in Evanston are 30 minutes apart. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a 2.5-hour drive south; most families do the Chicago pair in one day and UIUC on a separate weekend.
Tour-traffic campuses in Illinois
| College | City | Admit | Undergrads |
|---|---|---|---|
| UChicago | Chicago, IL | 5% | 7,559 |
| Northwestern | Evanston, IL | 7% | 8,619 |
| Illinois | Urbana, IL | 45% | 35,120 |
Cluster routes in Illinois
Hotel bases
Chicago, Evanston, Urbana.