Largest Illinois Colleges and Universities

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

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