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Illinois Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 53 private colleges in Illinois with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. DePaul University tops the list with a population of 22,437 students.

Data is reported for the 2017/18 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.

List of Illinois Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
College Enrollment
D

22,437
N

22,127
L

17,007
C

17,002
C

6,825
I

6,753
L

6,440
A

6,005
C

6,005
N

5,992
B

5,882
B

4,940
O

4,655
R

4,329
S

3,927
S

3,667
S

3,639
E

3,426
M

3,086
D

2,990