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39 Religiously Affiliated Colleges in Illinois

In Illinois, there are 39 religiously affiliated colleges which are mostly private, not for profit, and four-year schools. Of them, 30 schools have undergraduate programs and 35 schools have graduate programs. The 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees is $31,383 and the average graduate tuition is $18,066.
Roman Catholic has the most affiliated college of 13 schools. Presbyterian Church (USA) and United Methodist also have many affiliated college of 4 and 3 schools respectively.
The following table lists the number of Illinois colleges by religious affiliation. You can see the list of colleges for each affiliation by following the link on the number in the column. Furthermore, you can sort the table by a column by clicking/touching the column that you desire.
Illinois Colleges with Religious Affiliation
Religious AffiliationNumber of SchoolsUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduate Tuition & FeesPopulationStudents to Faculty
American Baptist1 $13,635 $14,135 315 -
Baptist1 $30,297 $20,775 960 10 to 1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)1 $28,636 - 527 14 to 1
Church of the Nazarene1 $38,900 $12,450 3,339 15 to 1
Evangelical Covenant Church of America1 $36,710 $14,417 2,557 12 to 1
Evangelical Free Church of America1 $12,320 $18,520 869 3 to 1
Evangelical Lutheran Church2 $35,039 $26,985 2,671 12 to 1
Free Methodist1 $32,200 $8,784 1,104 13 to 1
Interdenominational2 $18,196 $16,166 3,056 12 to 1
Jewish2 $15,075 $6,775 273 10 to 1
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod1 $37,488 $10,782 4,770 13 to 1
Presbyterian Church (USA)4 $30,097 $13,855 2,293 11 to 1
Protestant Episcopal1 - $20,790 80 -
Roman Catholic13 $35,152 $18,824 61,504 13 to 1
Undenominational1 $45,546 $20,160 2,874 10 to 1
Unitarian Universalist1 - $28,086 62 -
United Church of Christ2 $34,702 $30,529 4,212 15 to 1
United Methodist3 $34,014 $16,044 5,708 14 to 1
African Methodist EpiscopalNo affiliated Schools.
African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
American Evangelical Lutheran ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
Assemblies of God ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
Brethren ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
Christ and Missionary Alliance ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
Christian Churches and Churches of ChristNo affiliated Schools.
Christian Methodist EpiscopalNo affiliated Schools.
Christian Reformed ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
Church of BrethrenNo affiliated Schools.
Church of GodNo affiliated Schools.
Churches of ChristNo affiliated Schools.
Cumberland PresbyterianNo affiliated Schools.
Episcopal Church, ReformedNo affiliated Schools.
Evangelical ChristianNo affiliated Schools.
Evangelical Congregational ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
Free Will Baptist ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
FriendsNo affiliated Schools.
General BaptistNo affiliated Schools.
Greek OrthodoxNo affiliated Schools.
Lutheran Church in AmericaNo affiliated Schools.
Mennonite Brethren ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
Mennonite ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
Missionary Church IncNo affiliated Schools.
Moravian ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
Multiple Protestant DenominationNo affiliated Schools.
MuslimNo affiliated Schools.
Non-DenominationalNo affiliated Schools.
North American BaptistNo affiliated Schools.
Original Free Will BaptistNo affiliated Schools.
Other (none of the above)No affiliated Schools.
Other ProtestantNo affiliated Schools.
Pentecostal Holiness ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
Plymouth BrethrenNo affiliated Schools.
PresbyterianNo affiliated Schools.
Reformed Church in AmericaNo affiliated Schools.
Reformed Presbyterian ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
Russian OrthodoxNo affiliated Schools.
Seventh Day AdventistNo affiliated Schools.
Southern BaptistNo affiliated Schools.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsNo affiliated Schools.
The Presbyterian Church in AmericaNo affiliated Schools.
United Brethren ChurchNo affiliated Schools.
WesleyanNo affiliated Schools.
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran SynodNo affiliated Schools.