Largest Illinois Colleges with Most Enrollment
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the most students of 56,607 for academic year 2021-2022 in Illinois. University of Illinois Chicago is ranked second with 34,199 students and Northwestern University follows them with 23,409 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 students by gender.
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Name | Total # of Students | Female | Male | |
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1 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignPublic, four-yearsChampaign, IL | 56,607 | 25,629 | 30,978 |
2 | University of Illinois ChicagoPublic, four-yearsChicago, IL | 34,199 | 19,010 | 15,189 |
3 | Northwestern UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsEvanston, IL | 23,409 | 12,445 | 10,964 |
4 | DePaul UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL | 21,670 | 11,925 | 9,745 |
5 | Illinois State UniversityPublic, four-yearsNormal, IL | 20,233 | 11,741 | 8,492 |
6 | University of ChicagoPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL | 18,832 | 8,681 | 10,151 |
7 | Loyola University ChicagoPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL | 17,498 | 11,914 | 5,584 |
8 | Northern Illinois UniversityPublic, four-yearsDekalb, IL | 16,234 | 8,862 | 7,372 |
9 | Southern Illinois University-EdwardsvillePublic, four-yearsEdwardsville, IL | 13,010 | 7,591 | 5,419 |
10 | Southern Illinois University-CarbondalePublic, four-yearsCarbondale, IL | 11,266 | 5,633 | 5,633 |
11 | Eastern Illinois UniversityPublic, four-yearsCharleston, IL | 8,608 | 5,163 | 3,445 |
12 | Western Illinois UniversityPublic, four-yearsMacomb, IL | 7,455 | 4,224 | 3,231 |
13 | National Louis UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL | 7,315 | 5,734 | 1,581 |
14 | Columbia College ChicagoPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL | 6,736 | 4,048 | 2,688 |
15 | Illinois Institute of TechnologyPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL | 6,486 | 2,375 | 4,111 |
16 | Northeastern Illinois UniversityPublic, four-yearsChicago, IL | 6,440 | 3,936 | 2,504 |
17 | Lewis UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsRomeoville, IL | 6,183 | 3,380 | 2,803 |
18 | Aurora UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsAurora, IL | 6,165 | 4,358 | 1,807 |
19 | Concordia University-ChicagoPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsRiver Forest, IL | 6,086 | 3,972 | 2,114 |
20 | Bradley UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsPeoria, IL | 5,588 | 3,165 | 2,423 |
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