Largest Illinois Graduate Schools

Largest Illinois Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the most graduate students of 22,098 for the academic year 2024-2025 in Illinois. Northwestern University is ranked second with 14,457 students and University of Illinois Chicago follows them with 11,411 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 most graduate students by gender.

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Largest Illinois Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Graduate Students	Female	Male
1	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Public, four-yearsChampaign, IL	22,098	9,677	12,421
2	Northwestern University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEvanston, IL	14,457	8,015	6,442
3	University of Illinois Chicago Public, four-yearsChicago, IL	11,411	6,898	4,513
4	University of Chicago Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL	10,968	5,002	5,966
5	DePaul University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL	7,022	3,927	3,095
6	Illinois Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL	5,699	2,305	3,394
7	Loyola University Chicago Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL	4,846	3,345	1,501
8	National Louis University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL	4,444	3,606	838
9	Northern Illinois University Public, four-yearsDekalb, IL	4,066	2,436	1,630
10	Concordia University-Chicago Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRiver Forest, IL	3,402	2,287	1,115
11	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Public, four-yearsCarbondale, IL	3,237	1,786	1,451
12	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Public, four-yearsEdwardsville, IL	2,948	1,739	1,209
13	Lewis University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRomeoville, IL	2,685	1,499	1,186
14	Illinois State University Public, four-yearsNormal, IL	2,439	1,711	728
15	University of Illinois Springfield Public, four-yearsSpringfield, IL	2,319	1,150	1,169
16	Governors State University Public, four-yearsUniversity Park, IL	1,825	1,211	614
17	Aurora University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAurora, IL	1,817	1,493	324
18	Western Illinois University Public, four-yearsMacomb, IL	1,807	1,096	711
19	University of St Francis Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJoliet, IL	1,731	1,346	385
20	Eastern Illinois University Public, four-yearsCharleston, IL	1,720	986	734

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