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5,994
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401
programs
648
occupations
Illinois · Private

169 institutions

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Private (for-profit)

Chamberlain University - Illinois

Addison, Illinois

Grad rate
42%
Admit rate
82.6%
Enrollment
32,944
Net price
$31,837
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (for-profit)

DeVry University - Illinois

Lisle, Illinois

Grad rate
37%
Admit rate
98.4%
Enrollment
31,296
Net price
$30,770
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R1 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

Grad rate
95%
Admit rate
7.7%
Enrollment
23,856
Net price
$29,167
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R2 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
68%
Admit rate
75.9%
Enrollment
21,210
Net price
$30,902
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R1 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
96%
Admit rate
4.5%
Enrollment
18,566
Net price
$14,860
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R2 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
73%
Admit rate
81.6%
Enrollment
17,384
Net price
$36,079
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

National Louis University

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
30%
Admit rate
95.0%
Enrollment
8,915
Net price
$12,641
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R2 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
75%
Admit rate
54.9%
Enrollment
8,834
Net price
$18,425
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois

Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
71.3%
Enrollment
7,011
Net price
$17,028
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Aurora University

Aurora, Illinois

Grad rate
60%
Admit rate
80.8%
Enrollment
5,923
Net price
$18,838
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
52%
Admit rate
89.5%
Enrollment
5,570
Net price
$26,598
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois

Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
76.8%
Enrollment
4,777
Net price
$22,719
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Concordia University - Chicago

River Forest, Illinois

Grad rate
36%
Admit rate
92.8%
Enrollment
4,770
Net price
$18,436
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
35%
Admit rate
97.2%
Enrollment
4,281
Net price
$20,194
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, Illinois

Grad rate
70%
Admit rate
73.6%
Enrollment
3,997
Net price
$24,185
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois

Grad rate
55%
Admit rate
90.3%
Enrollment
3,803
Net price
$11,745
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Saint Xavier University

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
57%
Admit rate
84.3%
Enrollment
3,485
Net price
$10,970
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Private (nonprofit)

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
77.5%
Enrollment
3,394
Net price
$49,790
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, Illinois

Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
55.9%
Enrollment
3,339
Net price
$20,729
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

University of St Francis

Joliet, Illinois

Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
65.3%
Enrollment
3,074
Net price
$13,006
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

North Central College

Naperville, Illinois

Grad rate
64%
Admit rate
77.3%
Enrollment
3,003
Net price
$21,044
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Benedictine University

Lisle, Illinois

Grad rate
50%
Admit rate
95.2%
Enrollment
2,917
Net price
$22,313
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Wheaton College

Wheaton, Illinois

Grad rate
85%
Admit rate
87.4%
Enrollment
2,874
Net price
$26,975
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Private (nonprofit)

Rush University

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
No freshman cohort
Admit rate
No freshman entry
Enrollment
2,769
Net price
No freshman cohort
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Augustana College

Rock Island, Illinois

Grad rate
73%
Admit rate
62.7%
Enrollment
2,570
Net price
$22,736
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Private (nonprofit)

Midwestern University - Downers Grove

Downers Grove, Illinois

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
2,567
Net price
Grad-only
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

North Park University

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
58%
Admit rate
68.5%
Enrollment
2,557
Net price
$16,948
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

McKendree University

Lebanon, Illinois

Grad rate
53%
Admit rate
71.7%
Enrollment
2,392
Net price
$24,717
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Private (nonprofit)

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
62%
Admit rate
82.7%
Enrollment
2,202
Net price
$22,221
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Private (nonprofit)

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

North Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
2,021
Net price
Grad-only
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Sector snapshot

How the 231 institutions in Illinois break down

Control and level come from IPEDS institutional characteristics. Pick a tile to see just that slice of the list.

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Public
62
27% of all
State and locally governed
Private
169
73% of all
80 nonprofit · 89 for-profit
By level
4-year
96
42% of all
Bachelor's and above
2-year
59
26% of all
Associate degrees
Less-than-2-year
71
31% of all
Certificate programs

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