Top Illinois Colleges

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2026 Best Colleges in Illinois

  1. University of Chicago (Niche Review)
  2. Northwestern University 
  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  4. Wheaton College 
  5. Moody Bible Institute 
  6. University of Illinois Chicago
  7. DePaul University  
  8. Illinois Wesleyan University 
  9. Lake Forest College
  10. Illinois Institute of Technology
  11. Elmhurst University
  12. National Louis University
  13. Roosevelt University
  14. Loyola University 
  15. Augustana College 
  16. Bradley University 
  17. DeVry University
  18. University of St. Francis
  19. North Park University 
  20. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 
  21. Illinois State University
  22. North Central College
  23. Eastern Illinois University
  24. Northern Illinois University 
  25. Dominican University
  26. University of Illinois Springfield
  27. Northeastern Illinois University
  28. Lewis University 
  29. Trinity Christian College 
  30. Southern Illinois University Carbondale 
  31. Aurora University
  32. Millikin University
  33. Western Illinois University 
  34. McKendree University 
  35. Governors State University
  36. Rockford University
  37. lllinois College
  38. Knox College 
  39. Judson University 
  40. Saint Xavier University 
  41. Chicago State University
  42. Olivet Nazarene College
  43. Eureka College
  44. Quincy University
  45. Concordia University Chicago
  46. Monmouth College 
  47. Benedictine University
  48. Greenville University
  49. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  50. Columbia College Chicago
  51. East–West University
  52. Principia College
  53. Blackburn College
  54. St. Augustine College
  55. Chamberlain University
  56. Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing – Illinois
  57. Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  58. Saint Anthony College of Nursing 
  59. Telshe Yeshiva – Chicago
  60. Pacific College of Health and Science
  61. VanderCook College of Music 
  62. St. John’s College of Nursing
  63. Hebrew Theological College
  64. Lakeview College of Nursing
  65. Rush University
  66. Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences
  67. National University of Health Sciences 
  68. Ambria College of Nursing
  69. American Islamic College 
  70. Midwest College of Oriental Medicine 
  71. Chamberlain University

Additional Colleges.

  1. Adler University 
  2. Methodist College 
    1. Crayola College 
  3. The Chicago School
  4. Erikson Institute 
  5. Generations College 
  6. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 
  7. Midwestern University 
  8. Northern Seminary 
  9. University of Chicago 
  10. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
  11. Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership 
  12. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
  13. American InterContinental University
  14. Lincoln Tech
  15. Midwest Technical Institute 
  16. Rasmussen College 
  17. Rockford Career College
  18. Taylor Business Institute Chicago