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Illinois Public Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Public Colleges by Enrollment

List of Public Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 59 public colleges in Illinois with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign tops the list with a population of 49,702 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 Public Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
College Enrollment
I

49,702
I

31,683
D

24,900
I

20,635
N

17,169
J

14,726
L

14,193
M

13,762
H

13,530
S

13,281
S

12,817
T

10,529
C

9,777
E

9,567
W

9,176
I

8,875
S

8,841
C

8,643
W

8,502
O

8,454