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List of Public Colleges by Enrollment

Illinois Public Colleges Ranked by Largest 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 48,216 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

48,216
I

30,539
D

26,165
I

20,784
N

18,045
J

14,910
M

14,620
L

14,590
S

14,554
S

13,796
H

13,749
T

10,672
C

10,227
E

9,599
W

9,518
W

9,441
I

9,266
N

8,984
O

8,907
C

8,869