Public Colleges with the Largest Enrollment in Illinois

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	University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign	48,216
I	University of Illinois at Chicago	30,539
D	College of DuPage	26,165
I	Illinois State University	20,784
N	Northern Illinois University	18,045
J	Joliet Junior College	14,910
M	Moraine Valley Community College	14,620
L	College of Lake County	14,590
S	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	14,554
S	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	13,796
H	Harper College	13,749
T	Triton College	10,672
C	City Colleges of Chicago Wilbur Wright College	10,227
E	Elgin Community College	9,599
W	Waubonsee Community College	9,518
W	Western Illinois University	9,441
I	Illinois Central College	9,266
N	Northeastern Illinois University	8,984
O	Oakton Community College	8,907
C	City Colleges of Chicago Harold Washington College	8,869

Illinois Public Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Public Colleges by Enrollment