Colleges in Illinois
Illinois has a number of colleges and universities with different qualities that should be considered. From a safety standpoint, Northwestern University beats out University of Chicago with a safety score of 94.8 out of 100 to 94.4 out of 100. The average student loan varies from school to school with Kendall College having the highest average outstanding student loan amount of $14,427. However, students are able to save some money by searching online for cheap textbooks with our textbook search engine located in the sidebar.
When determining the best overall college or university in Illinois, including multiple factors such as quality of education, safety, cost and student reviews – Northwestern University scores highest with a 98.3 out of 100 score, followed by University of Chicago (98.0) and Illinois Wesleyan University (95.4). For more detailed information on particular schools select from the list below:
- Augustana College
- Aurora University
- Benedictine University
- Blackburn College
- Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing
- Bradley University
- Chicago State University
- Columbia College
- Concordia University-River Forest
- DePaul University
- DeVry University-Addison
- DeVry University-Chicago
- DeVry University-Tinley Park
- Dominican University
- Eastern Illinois University
- East-West University
- Elmhurst College
- Eureka College
- Governors State University
- Greenville College
- Harrington Institute of Interior Design
- Hebrew Theological College
- Illinois College
- Illinois Institute of Art at Chicago
- Illinois Institute of Art at Schaumburg
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Illinois State University
- Illinois Wesleyan University
- International Academy of Design and Technology
- Judson College
- Kendall College
- Knox College
- Lake Forest College
- Lakeview College of Nursing
- Lewis University
- Lexington College
- Lincoln Christian College and Seminary
- Loyola University Chicago
- MacMurray College
- McKendree College
- Midstate College
- Midwestern University
- Millikin University
- Monmouth College
- Moody Bible Institute
- NAES College
- National-Louis University
- North Central College
- Northeastern Illinois University
- Northern Illinois University
- North Park University
- Northwestern University
- Olivet Nazarene University
- Principia College
- Quincy University
- Robert Morris College
- Rockford College
- Roosevelt University
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
- Rush University
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Shimer College
- Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
- Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
- St. Anthony College of Nursing
- St. Augustine College
- St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing
- St. John’s College
- St. Xavier University
- Trinity Christian College
- Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences
- Trinity International University
- University of Chicago
- University of Illinois-Chicago
- University of Illinois-Springfield
- University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
- University of St. Francis
- VanderCook College of Music
- Western Illinois University
- West Suburban College of Nursing
- Wheaton College
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