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.
| College | Enrollment | |
|---|---|---|
| D |
DePaul UniversityChicago, IL |
22,437 |
| N |
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL |
22,127 |
| L |
Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL |
17,007 |
| C |
University of ChicagoChicago, IL |
17,002 |
| C |
Columbia College ChicagoChicago, IL |
6,825 |
| I |
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL |
6,753 |
| L |
Lewis UniversityRomeoville, IL |
6,440 |
| A |
Aurora UniversityAurora, IL |
6,005 |
| C |
Concordia University ChicagoRiver Forest, IL |
6,005 |
| N |
National Louis UniversityChicago, IL |
5,992 |
| B |
Bradley UniversityPeoria, IL |
5,882 |
| B |
Benedictine UniversityLisle, IL |
4,940 |
| O |
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, IL |
4,655 |
| R |
Roosevelt UniversityChicago, IL |
4,329 |
| S |
University of St FrancisJoliet, IL |
3,927 |
| S |
Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, IL |
3,667 |
| S |
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL |
3,639 |
| E |
Elmhurst CollegeElmhurst, IL |
3,426 |
| M |
Moody Bible InstituteChicago, IL |
3,086 |
| D |
Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, IL |
2,990 |