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Illinois Colleges with the Largest Online Students

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the most online students of 35,066 for academic year 2022-2023 in Illinois. The number only includes students enrolled exclusively in online programs and does not include students taking some online courses. DePaul University is ranked second with 12,479 online students and University of Illinois Chicago follows them with 35,066 online students. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music 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
56,9169,91525,15121,850
2DePaul University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
20,9174,1198,3608,438
3University of Illinois Chicago
Public, four-yearsChicago, IL
33,7474,04920,0919,607
4National Louis University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
7,5253,9481,1772,400
5Concordia University-Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRiver Forest, IL
5,3543,5821,036736
6Loyola University Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
16,8992,2153,26911,415
7Northern Illinois University
Public, four-yearsDekalb, IL
15,6492,2088,3135,128
8Northeastern Illinois University
Public, four-yearsChicago, IL
5,7562,0792,4271,250
9University of Illinois Springfield
Public, four-yearsSpringfield, IL
4,1981,9541,551693
10Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Public, four-yearsEdwardsville, IL
12,5191,9513,9276,641
11Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Public, four-yearsCarbondale, IL
11,1071,8832,8096,415
12Western Illinois University
Public, four-yearsMacomb, IL
7,6431,8073,7342,102
13University of St Francis
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJoliet, IL
3,2971,638943716
14Aurora University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAurora, IL
5,9181,6155103,793
15Governors State University
Public, four-yearsUniversity Park, IL
4,4271,4481,9101,069
16Eastern Illinois University
Public, four-yearsCharleston, IL
8,8571,3822,4335,042
17Lewis University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRomeoville, IL
6,5131,3323,5041,677
18Northwestern University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEvanston, IL
23,1611,1231,59420,444
19Benedictine University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLisle, IL
3,1231,0251,377721
20Illinois Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
6,9431,0121,6634,268
* Online completely college that all programs are offered online exclusively.