Last Updated on August 10, 2023 by Diya
Are you looking for the list of top colleges and Universities in Illinois? Do you want to secure admission to a good college after completing your high school education? If yes, this post will be of help to you. Here, I’ve created a list of the best colleges and Universities in Illinois.
This post has been crafted keeping the needs of high school students in mind. Selecting the right college, speeding up the admission process, and getting accepted – this post will help you with these tasks!
Here, you will find the following types of institutes – Public institutes, private (for-profit) institutes, and private (non-profit institutes). The above-mentioned types of institutes can be further classified into the following types – Four-year institutions, two-year institutions, graduate institutions, tribal institutions, and religious institutions.
In the next section, you will find the city-wise list of colleges and Universities in Illinois –
Best Colleges and Universities in Illinois 2023
CITY |
NAME OF THE COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | ADA MCKINLEY ED SER |
| CHICAGO | AMERICAN ISLAMIC COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | ASPIRA INC OF ILLINOIS |
| ROCK ISLAND | AUGUSTANA COLLEGE |
| AURORA | AURORA UNIVERSITY |
| LISLE | BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY |
| ROCK ISLAND | BIBLE MISSIONARY INST |
| MOLINE | BLACK HAWK COLLEGE |
| GALVA | BLACK HAWK COLLEGE-EAST |
| CARLINVILLE | BLACKBURN COLLEGE |
| QUINCY | BLESSING-RIEMAN NRSG |
| PEORIA | BRADLEY UNIVERSITY |
| GALESBURG | CARL SANDBURG COLLEGE-GALESBURG |
| DOWNERS GROVE | CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY |
| CHICAGO | CHICAGO SCH PROF PSYCHOLOGY |
| CHICAGO | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY |
| MOUNT PROSPECT | CHRISTIAN LIFE COLLEGE |
| GLEN ELLYN | COLLEGE OF DUPAGE |
| GRAYSLAKE | COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY |
| CHICAGO | COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO |
| RIVER FOREST | CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO |
| CHICAGO | COYNE COLLEGE-LOOP |
| TINLEY PARK | DAN EL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE |
| DANVILLE | DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| HAWTHORN WOODS | DAYSPRING BIBLE COLLEGE SEMINARY |
| CHICAGO | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY |
| DOWNERS GROVE | DEVRY ONLINE CENTER |
| DOWNERS GROVE | DEVRY UNIVERSITY CENTERS |
| ADDISON | DEVRY UNIVERSITY-DUPAGE ADDISON |
| CHICAGO | DEVRY-CHICAGO IL |
| TINLEY PARK | DEVRY-TINLEY PARK IL |
| RIVER FOREST | DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY |
| CHICAGO | EAST-WEST UNIVERSITY |
| CHARLESTON | EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY |
| ELGIN | ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| ELMHURST | ELMHURST COLLEGE |
| EUREKA | EUREKA COLLEGE |
| EAST PEORIA | FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST COLLEGE |
| BEDFORD PARK | FOX COLLEGE |
| FAIRFIELD | FRONTIER COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| UNIVERSITY PARK | GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY |
| CANTON | GRAHAM HOSP SCH NURS |
| GREENVILLE | GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY |
| CHICAGO | HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | HARRY S TRUMAN COLLEGE |
| NORMAL | HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| SKOKIE | HEBREW THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE |
| FREEPORT | HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| EAST PEORIA | ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE |
| JACKSONVILLE | ILLINOIS COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | ILLINOIS INST TECH |
| NORMAL | ILLINOIS ST UNIVERSITY |
| OGLESBY | ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| BLOOMINGTON | ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY |
| CARTERVILLE | JOHN A LOGAN COLLEGE |
| QUINCY | JOHN WOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| JOLIET | JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE |
| ELGIN | JUDSON UNIVERSITY |
| KANKAKEE | KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| CENTRALIA | KASKASKIA COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | KENDALL COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | KENNEDY KING COLLEGE |
| MALTA | KISHWAUKEE COLLEGE |
| GALESBURG | KNOX COLLEGE |
| LAKE FOREST | LAKE FOREST COLLEGE |
| MATTOON | LAKE LAND COLLEGE |
| DANVILLE | LAKEVIEW COLLEGE NURS |
| GODFREY | LEWIS AND CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| ROMEOVILLE | LEWIS UNIVERSITY |
| LINCOLN | LINCOLN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY |
| NORMAL | LINCOLN COLLEGE-NORMAL |
| LINCOLN | LINCOLN COLLEGE |
| SPRINGFIELD | LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| ROBINSON | LINCOLN TRAIL COLLEGE |
| BELLEVILLE | LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY-BELLEVILLE |
| CHICAGO | LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO |
| CHICAGO | MACCORMAC COLLEGE |
| JACKSONVILLE | MACMURRAY COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | MALCOLM X COLLEGE |
| CRYSTAL LAKE | MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE |
| LEBANON | MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY |
| PEORIA | METHODIST COLLEGE |
| PEORIA | MIDSTATE COLLEGE |
| DECATUR | MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY |
| MONMOUTH | MONMOUTH COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | MOODY BIBLE INST |
| PALOS HILLS | MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| MORRISON | MORRISON INST OF TECH |
| CICERO | MORTON COLLEGE |
| MOUNT VERNON | MT VERNON CHRISTIAN COLLEGE |
| WHEELING | NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY |
| EVANSTON | NATL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORP |
| LOMBARD | NATL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES |
| NAUVOO | NAUVOO UNIVERSITY |
| NAPERVILLE | NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY |
| CHICAGO | NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY |
| DEKALB | NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY |
| ROLLING MEADOWS | NORTHWEST SUBURBAN COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE-CHICAGO |
| EVANSTON | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY TRAFFIC SAFETY |
| CHICAGO | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCH |
| EVANSTON | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY |
| BRIDGEVIEW | NW COLLEGE-BRIDGEVIEW |
| DES PLAINES | OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE |
| BOURBONNAIS | OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY |
| OLNEY | OLNEY CENTRAL COLLEGE |
| CHAMPAIGN | PARKLAND COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO HEIGHTS | PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE |
| ELSAH | PRINCIPIA COLLEGE |
| ELGIN | PROVIDENCE BAPTIST COLLEGE |
| QUINCY | QUINCY UNIVERSITY |
| MOKENA | RASMUSSEN COLLEGE-MOKENA TINLEY PK |
| AURORA | RASMUSSEN COLLEGE-AURORA |
| ROCKFORD | RASMUSSEN COLLEGE-ROCKFORD |
| ROMEOVILLE | RASMUSSEN COLLEGE-ROMEOVILLE |
| INA | REND LAKE COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | RESURRECTION UNIVERSITY |
| CHICAGO | RICHARD J DALEY COLLEGE |
| DECATUR | RICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY ILLINOIS |
| ROCKFORD | ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE |
| ROCKFORD | ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY |
| CHICAGO | ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY |
| CHICAGO | SAE INSTITUTE CHICAGO |
| CHICAGO | SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY |
| DIXON | SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| CHICAGO | SCH OF THE ART INST OF CHICAGO |
| LAKE FOREST | SCHULER FAMILY FOUNDATION |
| ULLIN | SHAWNEE CMTY COLLEGE |
| SOUTH HOLLAND | SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE |
| HARRISBURG | SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE |
| CARBONDALE | SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-CARBONDALE |
| EDWARDSVILLE | SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-EDWARDSVILLE |
| BELLEVILLE | SOUTHWESTERN IL COLLEGE-BELLEVILLE |
| CHICAGO | SPERTUS COLLEGE JUDAICA |
| CANTON | SPOON RIVER COLLEGE |
| ROCKFORD | ST ANTHONY COLLEGE NURSING |
| CHICAGO | ST AUGUSTINE COLLEGE |
| PEORIA | ST FRANCIS MED CTR COLLEGE OF NRSG |
| PEORIA | ST FRANCIS SCH RT-IL |
| SPRINGFIELD | ST JOHNS COLLEGE DEPT NURSING |
| SPRINGFIELD | ST JOHNS RES CARE |
| CHICAGO | ST JOSEPH COLLEGE/SEMINARY |
| ROCKFORD | SWEDISH-AMER SCH RAD |
| CHICAGO | TRIBECA FLASHPOINT COLLEGE |
| PALOS HEIGHTS | TRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE |
| ROCK ISLAND | TRINITY COLLEGE OF NURSING |
| CHICAGO | TRINITY HIGHER ED CORP |
| DEERFIELD | TRINITY INTL UNIVERSITY |
| RIVER GROVE | TRITON COLLEGE |
| SPRINGFIELD | UNIVERSITY OF IL-SPRINGFIELD |
| URBANA | UNIVERSITY ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN |
| CHICAGO | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO |
| CHICAGO | UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO |
| JOLIET | UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS |
| CHICAGO | VANDERCOOK COLLEGE MUSIC |
| MOUNT CARMEL | WABASH VALLEY COLLEGE |
| SUGAR GROVE | WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-SUGAR GROVE |
| MACOMB | WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY |
| WHEATON | WHEATON COLLEGE |
| PALATINE | WM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE |
| WHEELING | WORSHAM COLLEGE MORTUARY S |
| CHICAGO | WRIGHT COLLEGE |
Median tuition costs in Illinois State are as follows –
- Private four-year colleges: $27600
- Public four-year colleges: $8600 (for in-state students) and $15500 (for out-of-state students)
Tuition costs may vary from one college/University to another. It may also increase with each passing year.
I am Vishnu Nambiar a career and educational blogger from India. I am also a full time educational consultant having more than 12 years of experience in the educational sector.
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