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Smallest Illinois Colleges with Least Enrollment

Principia College has the least students of 339 for the academic year 2024-2025 in Illinois. East-West University is ranked second with 468 students and Blackburn College follows them with 513 students.
Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. The following table compares the schools that have least students by gender.
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Smallest Illinois Colleges with Least Enrollment
NameTotal # of StudentsFemaleMale
1Principia College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsElsah, IL		339140199
2East-West University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL		468234234
3Blackburn College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCarlinville, IL		513300213
4Eureka College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEureka, IL		527236291
5Monmouth College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMonmouth, IL		713329384
6Trinity Christian College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPalos Heights, IL		854497357
7Illinois College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJacksonville, IL		942492450
8Judson University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsElgin, IL		960410550
9Greenville University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGreenville, IL		1,104545559
10Knox College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGalesburg, IL		1,136565571
11Quincy University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsQuincy, IL		1,210536674
12Rockford University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRockford, IL		1,241668573
13Illinois Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBloomington, IL		1,582785797
14Millikin University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDecatur, IL		1,586869717
15Lake Forest College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLake Forest, IL		1,8371,044793
16Chicago State University
Public, four-yearsChicago, IL		2,2381,569669
17McKendree University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLebanon, IL		2,3921,3831,009
18North Park University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL		2,5571,5021,055
19Augustana College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRock Island, IL		2,5701,3721,198
20Wheaton College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWheaton, IL		2,8741,5591,315

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