Illinois Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 59 private colleges in Illinois with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. Northwestern University tops the list with a population of 23,161 students.

List of Illinois Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
	School	Enrollment
	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	23,161
	DePaul University Chicago, IL	20,917
	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	18,339
	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	16,899
	National Louis University Chicago, IL	7,525
	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	6,943
	Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL	6,646
	Lewis University Romeoville, IL	6,513
	Aurora University Aurora, IL	5,918
	Bradley University Peoria, IL	5,552
	Concordia University Chicago River Forest, IL	5,354
	Elmhurst College Elmhurst, IL	3,731
	Roosevelt University Chicago, IL	3,725
	School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL	3,532
	Saint Xavier University Chicago, IL	3,523
	University of St Francis Joliet, IL	3,297
	Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL	3,255
	Dominican University River Forest, IL	3,196