Northwestern University is the largest private Illinois college with 23,161 students. The percentage of online students is 4.85% at the school.
DePaul University with 20,917 students and University of Chicago with 18,339 students are following it in the largetst Illinois college ranking.
For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Illinois online colleges.
Northwestern University stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. DePaul University also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $45,835 and graduate tuition & fees is $28,542 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 62.40% and the average SAT score is 1,253 at the schools.
For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% online students. Instead, you can check largest online colleges at the largest online colleges.
| School Name | Total Population | Undergraduate Enrollment | Graduation Enrollment | Men Enrollment | Women Enrollment | Online Enrollment | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year | 23,161 248 | 8,993 | 14,168 | 10,711 | 12,450 | 1,123 | 6 to 1 |
| 2 - | DePaul University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 20,917 753 | 14,134 | 6,783 | 9,261 | 11,656 | 4,119 | 17 to 1 |
| 3 - | University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 18,339 493 | 7,595 | 10,744 | 9,925 | 8,414 | 28 | 5 to 1 |
| 4 - | Loyola University Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 16,899 599 | 11,703 | 5,196 | 5,281 | 11,618 | 2,215 | 13 to 1 |
| 5 1 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 6,943 457 | 3,125 | 3,818 | 4,396 | 2,547 | 1,012 | 13 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Columbia College Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 6,646 90 | 6,424 | 222 | 2,637 | 4,009 | 69 | 15 to 1 |
| 7 - | Lewis University Romeoville, ILPrivate, 4-year | 6,513 330 | 3,933 | 2,580 | 3,262 | 3,251 | 1,332 | 14 to 1 |
| 8 - | Aurora University Aurora, ILPrivate, 4-year | 5,918 247 | 4,048 | 1,870 | 1,693 | 4,225 | 1,615 | 18 to 1 |
| 9 - | Bradley University Peoria, ILPrivate, 4-year | 5,552 36 | 4,143 | 1,409 | 2,477 | 3,075 | 911 | 12 to 1 |
| 10 3 | Elmhurst University Elmhurst, ILPrivate, 4-year | 3,731 213 | 3,027 | 704 | 1,421 | 2,310 | 611 | 13 to 1 |
| Average | 11,462 | 6,713 | 4,749 | 5,106 | 6,356 | 1,304 | 13 to 1 |