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Largest Online Student Population in Illinois

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Illinois Colleges with the Largest Online Students

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the most online students of 34,043 for academic year 2024-2025 in Illinois. The number only includes students enrolled exclusively in online programs and does not include students taking some online courses. National Louis University is ranked second with 6,226 online students and University of Illinois Chicago follows them with 34,043 online students. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most online students by enrolled status. You may want to check colleges having the smallest online student population in Illinois.
Illinois Colleges with the Largest Online Students
NameTotal # of StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online ProgramsEnrolld in Some Online CoursesNot in Online Courses
1University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Public, four-yearsChampaign, IL		59,2389,21224,83125,195
2National Louis University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL		8,9155,1481,0782,689
3University of Illinois Chicago
Public, four-yearsChicago, IL		33,9064,15318,83610,917
4Concordia University-Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRiver Forest, IL		4,7703,135951684
5DePaul University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL		21,2102,4249,0569,730
6Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Public, four-yearsCarbondale, IL		11,7902,2723,3606,158
7Northern Illinois University
Public, four-yearsDekalb, IL		15,4142,1977,9375,280
8University of Illinois Springfield
Public, four-yearsSpringfield, IL		4,6282,1911,660777
9Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Public, four-yearsEdwardsville, IL		11,8931,9993,3146,580
10Aurora University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAurora, IL		5,9231,8278023,294
11Illinois Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL		8,8341,7652,1084,961
12Governors State University
Public, four-yearsUniversity Park, IL		4,3971,7051,813879
13Western Illinois University
Public, four-yearsMacomb, IL		6,3321,6072,9171,808
14University of St Francis
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJoliet, IL		3,0741,500890684
15Loyola University Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL		17,3841,3933,16512,826
16Lewis University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRomeoville, IL		7,0111,3573,6621,992
17Illinois State University
Public, four-yearsNormal, IL		21,5461,3027,85312,391
18Eastern Illinois University
Public, four-yearsCharleston, IL		8,5051,2832,0515,171
19Northeastern Illinois University
Public, four-yearsChicago, IL		5,7341,1012,2352,398
20Dominican University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRiver Forest, IL		3,8031,0402,106657
* Online completely college that all programs are offered online exclusively.

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