Illinois Public Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Public Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 60 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 56,916 students.

List of Illinois Public Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
School Enrollment
Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL

3,742
Kaskaskia College

Centralia, IL

3,370
John A Logan College

Carterville, IL

3,272
Prairie State College

Chicago Heights, IL

2,680
Kishwaukee College

Malta, IL

2,581
Illinois Valley Community College

Oglesby, IL

2,371
Kankakee Community College

Kankakee, IL

2,333
Chicago State University

Chicago, IL

2,317
City Colleges of Chicago Kennedy King College

Chicago, IL

2,237
City Colleges of Chicago Olive Harvey College

Chicago, IL

2,101
Richland Community College

Decatur, IL

2,075
Rend Lake College

Ina, IL

2,017
Danville Area Community College

Danville, IL

1,924
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Frontier Community Coll

Fairfield, IL

1,740
John Wood Community College

Quincy, IL

1,718
Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, IL

1,688
Sauk Valley Community College

Dixon, IL

1,386
Southeastern Illinois College

Harrisburg, IL

1,379