How Student Population Changes over Past 5 Years for Illinois Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the total student population of Illinois Colleges is 5,536.The overall number of students in Illinois Colleges decreased by 0.86%.

Compared to 5 years ago, the total number of students at Illinois Colleges has increased by 0.56% from 5,506 to 5,536 students. Of the 81 Illinois Colleges, 23 schools had an increase in the number of students compared to 5 years ago, and 54 schools had a decrease in the number of students.

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Enrollment Changes from 2018 to 2023 at Illinois Colleges
School Name	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	5-Year Changes
Adler UniversityChicago, IL	1,396	1,558 162	1,726 168	1,864 138	1,841 23	445
American Academy of Art CollegeChicago, IL	242	205 37	169 36	145 24	111 34	131
American Islamic CollegeChicago, IL	16	16	16	19 3	19	3
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL	3,639	3,682 43	3,132 550	3,559 427	3,532 27	107
Augustana CollegeRock Island, IL	2,543	2,546 3	2,389 157	2,367 22	2,349 18	194
Aurora UniversityAurora, IL	6,005	6,246 241	6,265 19	6,165 100	5,918 247	87
Blackburn CollegeCarlinville, IL	566	482 84	516 34	414 102	382 32	184
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health SciencesQuincy, IL	211	182 29	177 5	157 20	167 10	44
Bradley UniversityPeoria, IL	5,882	5,929 47	5,855 74	5,588 267	5,552 36	330
The Chicago School at ChicagoChicago, IL	1,209	1,307 98	1,285 22	1,297 12	1,296 1	87
Chicago State UniversityChicago, IL	2,964	3,039 75	2,644 395	2,366 278	2,317 49	647
University of ChicagoChicago, IL	17,002	17,452 450	17,834 382	18,832 998	18,339 493	1,337
Columbia College ChicagoChicago, IL	6,825	6,947 122	6,769 178	6,736 33	6,646 90	179
Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, IL	6,005	6,205 200	6,491 286	6,086 405	5,354 732	651
DePaul UniversityChicago, IL	22,437	22,064 373	21,922 142	21,670 252	20,917 753	1,520
East-West UniversityChicago, IL	394	447 53	419 28	487 68	529 42	135
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, IL	7,526	7,806 280	8,626 820	8,608 18	8,857 249	1,331
Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, IL	3,426	3,453 27	3,421 32	3,518 97	3,731 213	305
Eureka CollegeEureka, IL	567	513 54	511 2	476 35	559 83	8
Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, IL	4,857	4,789 68	4,650 139	4,395 255	4,427 32	430
Greenville UniversityGreenville, IL	1,132	1,092 40	994 98	1,047 53	1,088 41	44
Hebrew Theological CollegeSkokie, IL	167	193 26	181 12	170 11	160 10	7
University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL	31,683	32,324 641	33,518 1,194	34,199 681	33,747 452	2,064
Benedictine UniversityLisle, IL	4,940	4,401 539	3,779 622	3,378 401	3,123 255	1,817
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL	49,702	51,605 1,903	52,679 1,074	56,607 3,928	56,916 309	7,214
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, IL	1,693	1,629 64	1,636 7	1,653 17	1,527 126	166
Illinois CollegeJacksonville, IL	983	1,057 74	1,154 97	1,097 57	1,029 68	46
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL	6,753	6,515 238	6,325 190	6,486 161	6,943 457	190
Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL	20,635	20,878 243	20,720 158	20,233 487	20,683 450	48
Judson UniversityElgin, IL	1,256	1,233 23	1,173 60	1,173	973 200	283
Knox CollegeGalesburg, IL	1,333	1,258 75	1,154 104	1,156 2	1,058 98	275
Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, IL	1,512	1,562 50	1,583 21	1,690 107	1,753 63	241
Lakeview College of NursingDanville, IL	168	148 20	162 14	152 10	116 36	52
Lewis UniversityRomeoville, IL	6,440	6,359 81	6,437 78	6,183 254	6,513 330	73
Lincoln Christian UniversityLincoln, IL	714	672 42	581 91	537 44	258 279	456
Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL	17,007	17,159 152	16,893 266	17,498 605	16,899 599	108
Trinity College of Nursing & Health SciencesRock Island, IL	217	175 42	206 31	133 73	101 32	116
McKendree UniversityLebanon, IL	2,494	2,292 202	2,200 92	1,958 242	1,960 2	534
Methodist CollegePeoria, IL	692	700 8	595 105	550 45	456 94	236
Millikin UniversityDecatur, IL	2,094	2,083 11	1,982 101	1,906 76	1,807 99	287
Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, IL	914	907 7	860 47	755 105	767 12	147
Moody Bible InstituteChicago, IL	3,086	3,009 77	2,870 139	2,606 264	2,410 196	676
National Louis UniversityChicago, IL	5,992	7,005 1,013	7,402 397	7,315 87	7,525 210	1,533
National University of Health SciencesLombard, IL	655	590 65	529 61	466 63	498 32	157
North Central CollegeNaperville, IL	2,928	2,888 40	2,832 56	2,728 104	2,695 33	233
North Park UniversityChicago, IL	2,900	2,892 8	2,831 61	2,749 82	2,660 89	240
Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, IL	17,169	16,609 560	16,769 160	16,234 535	15,649 585	1,520
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL	22,127	22,448 321	22,603 155	23,409 806	23,161 248	1,034
Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, IL	8,103	7,423 680	7,119 304	6,440 679	5,756 684	2,347
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, IL	4,655	4,317 338	3,764 553	3,462 302	3,255 207	1,400
Principia CollegeElsah, IL	447	407 40	340 67	321 19	323 2	124
Quincy UniversityQuincy, IL	1,086	1,148 62	1,273 125	1,188 85	1,307 119	221
Rockford UniversityRockford, IL	1,203	1,204 1	1,272 68	1,231 41	1,181 50	22
Roosevelt UniversityChicago, IL	4,329	4,071 258	4,680 609	4,127 553	3,725 402	604
Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, IL	2,990	3,029 39	3,189 160	3,066 123	3,196 130	206
Rush UniversityChicago, IL	2,708	2,755 47	2,816 61	2,889 73	2,870 19	162
Saint Francis Medical Center College of NursingPeoria, IL	607	509 98	466 43	431 35	371 60	236
University of St FrancisJoliet, IL	3,927	3,776 151	3,529 247	3,426 103	3,297 129	630
St. John's College-Department of NursingSpringfield, IL	140	137 3	118 19	108 10	94 14	46
Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, IL	3,667	3,623 44	3,764 141	3,749 15	3,523 226	144
St. Augustine CollegeChicago, IL	1,098	959 139	901 58	737 164	680 57	418
Saint Anthony College of NursingRockford, IL	303	280 23	291 11	262 29	242 20	61
Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, IL	12,817	11,695 1,122	11,366 329	11,266 100	11,107 159	1,710
Southern Illinois University-EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, IL	13,281	13,061 220	12,860 201	13,010 150	12,519 491	762
Telshe Yeshiva-ChicagoChicago, IL	88	86 2	94 8	88 6	90 2	2
Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights, IL	1,131	1,068 63	1,086 18	985 101	908 77	223
Trinity International University-IllinoisDeerfield, IL	1,775	1,722 53	1,454 268	1,330 124	1,242 88	533
VanderCook College of MusicChicago, IL	146	144 2	313 169	252 61	263 11	117
Oak Point UniversityOak Brook, IL	833	860 27	753 107	566 187	429 137	404
Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, IL	8,502	7,624 878	7,490 134	7,455 35	7,643 188	859
Wheaton CollegeWheaton, IL	2,944	3,004 60	2,908 96	3,047 139	2,885 162	59
Northwestern CollegeOak Lawn, IL	597	618 21	462 156	474 12	514 40	83
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-SkokieSkokie, IL	58	70 12	56 14	52 4	46 6	12
Pacific College of Health and ScienceChicago, IL	186	188 2	196 8	219 23	233 14	47
Chamberlain University-IllinoisAddison, IL	27,629	27,741 112	29,481 1,740	27,744 1,737	26,687 1,057	942
Ambria College of NursingHoffman Estates, IL	234	205 29	229 24	249 20	211 38	23
DeVry University-IllinoisLisle, IL	17,364	18,195 831	20,832 2,637	22,994 2,162	26,384 3,390	9,020
Columbia College - Crystal Lake CampusCrystal Lake, IL	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia College - Lake CountyGurnee, IL	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia College - FreeportFreeport, IL	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia College - ElginElgin, IL	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average	5,506	5,513 7	5,566 53	5,584 18	5,536 48	31