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Colleges in Illinois

Illinois has 146 degree-granting colleges and universities in the federal directory: 57 public, 77 private nonprofit and 12 for-profit. Together they enroll about 455,000 undergraduates. Largest by enrollment: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with 36,258. They're listed A to Z: the Almanac doesn't rank colleges.

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CollegeNet price Admit rate Graduation Undergrads
Adler UniversityChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported9
Ambria College of NursingHoffman Estates · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported123
American Islamic CollegeChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reported100%Not reported16
Augustana CollegeRock Island · Private nonprofit
$21,15363%73%2,490
Aurora UniversityAurora · Private nonprofit
$19,38581%61%3,974
Benedictine UniversityLisle · Private nonprofit
$18,91095%43%1,942
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.Chicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Black Hawk CollegeMoline · Public
$4,349Not reportedNot reported2,354
Blackburn CollegeCarlinville · Private nonprofit
$25,57763%45%471
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health SciencesQuincy · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported176
Bradley UniversityPeoria · Private nonprofit
$22,46977%73%3,574
CAAN Academy of NursingMatteson · Private nonprofit
$13,910Not reportedNot reported96
Carl Sandburg CollegeGalesburg · Public
$9,186Not reportedNot reported1,051
Catholic Theological Union at ChicagoChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Chamberlain University, IllinoisAddison · Private for-profit
$38,26383%35%14,027
Chicago College of Oriental MedicineChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Chicago State UniversityChicago · Public
$7,27343%15%1,384
Chicago Theological SeminaryChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
City Colleges of Chicago, Harold Washington CollegeChicago · Public
$6,462Not reportedNot reported4,207
City Colleges of Chicago, Harry S Truman CollegeChicago · Public
$6,079Not reportedNot reported2,505
City Colleges of Chicago, Kennedy-King CollegeChicago · Public
$7,250Not reportedNot reported1,777
City Colleges of Chicago, Malcolm X CollegeChicago · Public
$6,258Not reportedNot reported6,409
City Colleges of Chicago, Olive-Harvey CollegeChicago · Public
$6,760Not reportedNot reported1,661
City Colleges of Chicago, Richard J Daley CollegeChicago · Public
$6,286Not reportedNot reported2,789
City Colleges of Chicago, Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago · Public
$5,287Not reportedNot reported4,372
College of DuPageGlen Ellyn · Public
$5,165Not reportedNot reported16,114
College of Lake CountyGrayslake · Public
$7,280Not reportedNot reported9,420
Columbia College ChicagoChicago · Private nonprofit
$36,52989%47%5,368
Concordia University, ChicagoRiver Forest · Private nonprofit
$17,21793%47%1,323
Danville Area Community CollegeDanville · Public
$3,398Not reportedNot reported1,508
DePaul UniversityChicago · Private nonprofit
$27,10876%67%14,090
DeVry University, IllinoisLisle · Private for-profit
$35,66598%40%27,825
Dominican UniversityRiver Forest · Private nonprofit
$14,01390%61%2,561
East-West UniversityChicago · Private nonprofit
$18,499Not reported18%468
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston · Public
$12,71765%50%4,188
Elgin Community CollegeElgin · Public
$6,286Not reportedNot reported6,648
Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst · Private nonprofit
$23,16574%64%3,006
Erikson InstituteChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Eureka CollegeEureka · Private nonprofit
$21,19885%36%522
Fox CollegeTinley Park · Private for-profit
$7,09270%Not reported200
Garrett-Evangelical Theological SeminaryEvanston · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Generations CollegeChicago · Private nonprofit
$18,934Not reportedNot reported310
Governors State UniversityUniversity Park · Public
$15,83348%23%2,556
Greenville UniversityGreenville · Private nonprofit
$20,90598%52%955
Heartland Community CollegeNormal · Public
$15,472Not reportedNot reported2,997
Hebrew Theological CollegeSkokie · Private nonprofit
$12,58357%77%90
Highland Community CollegeFreeport · Public
$3,090Not reportedNot reported931
Illinois Central CollegeEast Peoria · Public
$10,829Not reportedNot reported5,052
Illinois CollegeJacksonville · Private nonprofit
$18,76378%61%930
Illinois College of OptometryChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Illinois Eastern Community CollegesOlney · Public
$7,211Not reportedNot reported1,634
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago · Private nonprofit
$22,44355%71%2,833
Illinois State UniversityNormal · Public
$17,82988%67%19,057
Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby · Public
$3,176Not reportedNot reported2,040
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington · Private nonprofit
$27,86339%73%1,582
Institute for Clinical Social WorkChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
John A Logan CollegeCarterville · Public
$7,393Not reportedNot reported2,016
John Wood Community CollegeQuincy · Public
$6,248Not reportedNot reported1,371
Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet · Public
$4,588Not reportedNot reported9,306
Judson UniversityElgin · Private nonprofit
$19,22448%34%708
Kankakee Community CollegeKankakee · Public
$3,419Not reportedNot reported1,985
Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia · Public
$4,839Not reportedNot reported1,920
Kishwaukee CollegeMalta · Public
$4,358Not reportedNot reported1,936
Knox CollegeGalesburg · Private nonprofit
$19,29271%73%1,127
Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest · Private nonprofit
$24,98757%73%1,813
Lake Forest Graduate School of ManagementLake Forest · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Lake Land CollegeMattoon · Public
$5,445Not reportedNot reported2,448
Lakeview College of NursingDanville · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported66
Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey · Public
$4,998Not reportedNot reported2,487
Lewis UniversityRomeoville · Private nonprofit
$17,31871%57%4,015
Lincoln College of Technology, Melrose ParkMelrose Park · Private for-profit
$28,524Not reportedNot reported1,539
Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield · Public
$3,659Not reportedNot reported3,976
Loyola University ChicagoChicago · Private nonprofit
$36,34082%72%11,737
Lutheran School of Theology at ChicagoChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
McCormick Theological SeminaryChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake · Public
$11,434Not reportedNot reported4,691
McKendree UniversityLebanon · Private nonprofit
$18,45772%51%1,752
Meadville Theological School of Lombard CollegeChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Methodist CollegePeoria · Private nonprofit
$41,23839%30%245
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine, SkokieSkokie · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported0
Midwestern Career CollegeChicago · Private for-profit
$17,110Not reportedNot reported887
Midwestern University, Downers GroveDowners Grove · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Millikin UniversityDecatur · Private nonprofit
$16,65267%51%1,382
Monmouth CollegeMonmouth · Private nonprofit
$17,61291%58%702
Moody Bible InstituteChicago · Private nonprofit
$19,42683%63%1,510
Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills · Public
$3,887Not reportedNot reported7,490
Morrison Institute of TechnologyMorrison · Private nonprofit
$21,531Not reportedNot reported59
Morton CollegeCicero · Public
$6,075Not reportedNot reported2,640
National Louis UniversityChicago · Private nonprofit
$10,36495%32%4,406
National University of Health SciencesLombard · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported13
North Central CollegeNaperville · Private nonprofit
$22,83677%62%2,428
North Park UniversityChicago · Private nonprofit
$15,94969%52%1,818
Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago · Public
$9,37775%25%3,982
Northern Baptist Theological SeminaryLisle · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb · Public
$14,50570%48%11,301
Northwestern UniversityEvanston · Private nonprofit
$34,4208%96%9,201
Oakton CollegeDes Plaines · Public
$3,948Not reportedNot reported6,072
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais · Private nonprofit
$19,97856%60%2,603
Pacific College of Health and ScienceChicago · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reported61%2
Parkland CollegeChampaign · Public
$5,553Not reportedNot reported3,348
Prairie State CollegeChicago Heights · Public
$4,220Not reportedNot reported2,443
Principia CollegeElsah · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reported71%339
Quincy UniversityQuincy · Private nonprofit
$22,71151%44%1,010
Rasmussen University, IllinoisRockford · Private for-profit
$21,203Not reportedNot reported1,145
Rend Lake CollegeIna · Public
$7,833Not reportedNot reported1,175
Richland Community CollegeDecatur · Public
$2,690Not reportedNot reported1,346
Rock Valley CollegeRockford · Public
$3,385Not reportedNot reported4,359
Rockford UniversityRockford · Private nonprofit
$22,58193%44%972
Roosevelt UniversityChicago · Private nonprofit
$21,51297%34%2,849
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceNorth Chicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Rush UniversityChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported138
Saint Anthony College of NursingRockford · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reported100%172
Saint Francis Medical Center College of NursingPeoria · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported273
Saint Xavier UniversityChicago · Private nonprofit
$10,17184%55%3,096
Sauk Valley Community CollegeDixon · Public
$5,818Not reportedNot reported1,158
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago · Private nonprofit
$53,33177%68%2,805
Shawnee Community CollegeUllin · Public
$4,449Not reportedNot reported698
South Suburban CollegeSouth Holland · Public
$2,011Not reportedNot reported2,042
Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburg · Public
$14,233Not reportedNot reported680
Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville · Public
$13,11198%56%8,750
Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleCarbondale · Public
$12,55487%59%8,494
Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville · Public
$7,555Not reportedNot reported5,675
Spertus CollegeChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Spoon River CollegeCanton · Public
$7,652Not reportedNot reported774
St. John's CollegeSpringfield · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported126
Stautzenberger College, Rockford Career CollegeRockford · Private for-profit
$23,337Not reportedNot reported682
Taylor Business InstituteChicago · Private for-profit
Not reported91%Not reported98
Telshe Yeshiva-ChicagoChicago · Private nonprofit
$8,494100%53%78
The Chicago School at ChicagoChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reported34%Not reported21
Toyota Technological Institute at ChicagoChicago · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights · Private nonprofit
$15,15585%64%820
Trinity College of Nursing & Health SciencesRock Island · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported56
Trinity International University, IllinoisDeerfield · Private nonprofit
Not reported100%46%55
Triton CollegeRiver Grove · Public
$3,243Not reportedNot reported6,902
University of ChicagoChicago · Private nonprofit
$16,7764%95%7,569
University of Illinois ChicagoChicago · Public
$9,54077%61%22,170
University of Illinois SpringfieldSpringfield · Public
$7,52886%53%2,263
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign · Public
$13,04242%86%36,258
University of Saint Mary of the LakeMundelein · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
University of St FrancisJoliet · Private nonprofit
$15,96165%64%1,223
VanderCook College of MusicChicago · Private nonprofit
$21,55689%27%76
Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove · Public
$2,551Not reportedNot reported5,721
Western Illinois UniversityMacomb · Public
$10,01871%49%4,410
Wheaton CollegeWheaton · Private nonprofit
$26,05987%82%2,121
William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine · Public
$10,058Not reportedNot reported9,313
Worsham College of Mortuary ScienceWheeling · Private for-profit
$19,75592%Not reported183

Source: College Scorecard ↗, released October 15, 2026, and IPEDS ↗. Net price is the average for first-year students who received aid, in the latest year each college reported; admit rate is for students entering in fall 2024; graduation is for 2019 entrants; undergraduates are for fall 2024. A dash means the college didn't report the figure.