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Colleges & Universities in Illinois

Every college in Illinois that we cover, each with its page and sources.

53 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026

53 colleges

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Illinois: 53 colleges · 41 private nonprofit, 12 public · campus setting: 25 city, 17 suburb, 10 town, 1 rural

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Colleges in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area (35)Colleges in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (15)

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Colleges with rolling admissionEarly action deadlinesRegular decision deadlinesMost affordable colleges: lowest net priceNCAA Division I collegesNCAA Division III collegesColleges in a city settingColleges in a suburban settingColleges in a town settingColleges in a rural settingColleges that give credit for a 3 on an AP exam
CollegeCityPublic/privateSettingStudentsAthleticsDistance
Augustana CollegeRock IslandPrivate nonprofitCity, small2,446NCAA Division III
Aurora UniversityAuroraPrivate nonprofitSuburb, large4,098NCAA Division III
Benedictine UniversityLislePrivate nonprofitSuburb, large1,842NCAA Division III
Blackburn CollegeCarlinvillePrivate nonprofitTown, distant389NCAA Division III
Bradley UniversityPeoriaPrivate nonprofitCity, midsize3,883NCAA Division I
Chicago State UniversityChicagoPublicCity, large1,495NCAA Division I
Columbia College ChicagoChicagoPrivate nonprofitCity, large6,344
Concordia University-ChicagoRiver ForestPrivate nonprofitSuburb, large1,377NCAA Division III
DePaul UniversityChicagoPrivate nonprofitCity, large14,374NCAA Division I
Dominican UniversityRiver ForestPrivate nonprofitSuburb, large2,397NCAA Division III
East-West UniversityChicagoPrivate nonprofitCity, large528
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharlestonPublicTown, remote6,849NCAA Division I
Elmhurst UniversityElmhurstPrivate nonprofitSuburb, large3,138NCAA Division III
Eureka CollegeEurekaPrivate nonprofitTown, near a city527NCAA Division III
Governors State UniversityUniversity ParkPublicSuburb, large2,536NAIA
Greenville UniversityGreenvillePrivate nonprofitTown, distant905NCAA Division III
Hebrew Theological CollegeSkokiePrivate nonprofitCity, small197
Illinois CollegeJacksonvillePrivate nonprofitTown, distant956NCAA Division III
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicagoPrivate nonprofitCity, large3,316NCAA Division III
Illinois State UniversityNormalPublicSuburb, midsize18,450NCAA Division I
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomingtonPrivate nonprofitCity, small1,576NCAA Division III
Judson UniversityElginPrivate nonprofitCity, midsize793NAIA
Knox CollegeGalesburgPrivate nonprofitTown, distant1,001NCAA Division III
Lake Forest CollegeLake ForestPrivate nonprofitSuburb, large1,796NCAA Division III
Lewis UniversityRomeovillePrivate nonprofitSuburb, large3,948NCAA Division II
Loyola University ChicagoChicagoPrivate nonprofitCity, large12,487NCAA Division I
McKendree UniversityLebanonPrivate nonprofitSuburb, large1,605NCAA Division II
Millikin UniversityDecaturPrivate nonprofitCity, small1,570NCAA Division III
Monmouth CollegeMonmouthPrivate nonprofitTown, distant727NCAA Division III
National Louis UniversityChicagoPrivate nonprofitCity, large4,239
North Central CollegeNapervillePrivate nonprofitCity, midsize2,397NCAA Division III
North Park UniversityChicagoPrivate nonprofitCity, large1,876NCAA Division III
Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicagoPublicCity, large4,042
Northern Illinois UniversityDekalbPublicSuburb, small11,358NCAA Division I
Northwestern UniversityEvanstonPrivate nonprofitCity, small9,157NCAA Division I
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnaisPrivate nonprofitSuburb, small2,569NAIA
Principia CollegeElsahPrivate nonprofitRural, near a city338NCAA Division III
Quincy UniversityQuincyPrivate nonprofitTown, remote1,130NCAA Division II
Rockford UniversityRockfordPrivate nonprofitCity, midsize968NCAA Division III
Roosevelt UniversityChicagoPrivate nonprofitCity, large2,605NCAA Division II
Saint Xavier UniversityChicagoPrivate nonprofitCity, large3,039NAIA
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicagoPrivate nonprofitCity, large2,762
Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsvillePublicSuburb, large8,975NCAA Division I
Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondalePublicTown, distant8,195NCAA Division I
Trinity Christian CollegePalos HeightsPrivate nonprofitSuburb, large827NAIA
Trinity International University-IllinoisDeerfieldPrivate nonprofitSuburb, large140
University of ChicagoChicagoPrivate nonprofitCity, large7,643NCAA Division III
University of Illinois ChicagoChicagoPublicCity, large22,107NCAA Division I
University of Illinois SpringfieldSpringfieldPublicCity, midsize2,342NCAA Division II
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaignPublicCity, small35,564NCAA Division I
University of St FrancisJolietPrivate nonprofitSuburb, large1,306NAIA
Western Illinois UniversityMacombPublicTown, remote5,025NCAA Division I
Wheaton CollegeWheatonPrivate nonprofitSuburb, large2,119NCAA Division III