Illinois Colleges having Highest Students to Faculty Ratio

DeVry University-Illinois has the highest ratio of students per faculty. It means that a faculty may teach large number of students and the average class size may also large. Its students to faculty ratio was 49 to last year.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Illinois State University also have higher ratio of students per faculty.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

DeVry University-Illinois has the lowest students to faculty ratio of 49 to 1. The lowest students to faculty ratio means that there are fewer students per class and/or one faculty needs to take care of a small number of students. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the second highest ratio of 21 to 1.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,631 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,785 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 76.30% and the average SAT score is 1,138 at the schools.

Table. Illinois Colleges With More Students Per Student Comparison
School NameStudents to Faculty RatioTotal PopulationFull-time FacultyPart-time FacultyUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduation Rate
1
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DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, ILPrivate, 4-year 49 to 1
10 to 1
26,384621,132$15,03243.00%
2
-
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, 4-year 21 to 1
-
56,9162,434279$39,192
($18,060)
84.00%
3
1
Illinois State University Normal, ILPublic, 4-year 19 to 1
-
20,683915279$23,479
($14,121)
66.00%
4
1
Aurora University Aurora, ILPrivate, 4-year 18 to 1
2 to 1
5,918132399$28,22059.00%
4
-
University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 18 to 1
1 to 1
33,7472,250850$31,505
($15,816)
61.00%
6
-
DePaul University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 17 to 1
-
20,917874918$44,17469.00%
7
3
Columbia College Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 15 to 1
1 to 1
6,646260571$32,52047.00%
7
3
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, ILPublic, 4-year 15 to 1
1 to 1
8,857378136$15,566
($13,124)
54.00%
7
-
National Louis University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 15 to 1
1 to 1
7,525183424$14,60130.00%
7
1
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, ILPublic, 4-year 15 to 1
-
12,519631268$12,025
($12,025)
53.00%
Average20 to 120,011812526$25,631
($14,629)
56.60%