Illinois Public Colleges Ranked by Smallest Enrollment

List of Public Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 60 public colleges in Illinois with the smallest enrollment of full and part time students. Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Lincoln Trail College tops the list with a population of 636 students.

List of Illinois Public Colleges Ranked by Smallest Enrollment
School Enrollment
Northeastern Illinois University

Chicago, IL

5,756
Rock Valley College

Rockford, IL

5,861
Illinois Central College

East Peoria, IL

7,044
Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, IL

7,188
City Colleges of Chicago Malcolm X College

Chicago, IL

7,314
Waubonsee Community College

Sugar Grove, IL

7,491
City Colleges of Chicago Wilbur Wright College

Chicago, IL

7,508
Western Illinois University

Macomb, IL

7,643
Oakton Community College

Des Plaines, IL

7,645
Triton College

River Grove, IL

8,616
Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

8,857
McHenry County College

Crystal Lake, IL

8,874
Elgin Community College

Elgin, IL

8,910
Joliet Junior College

Joliet, IL

10,212
Moraine Valley Community College

Palos Hills, IL

10,511
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, IL

11,107
College of Lake County

Grayslake, IL

11,651
Harper College

Palatine, IL

12,434