Illinois has some of the top ranking universities in the nation. According to the US News & World Report National Universities Rankings 2011, three Illinois universities are ranked in the top 50 nationally: University of Chicago (9th), Northwestern University (12th), University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign (47th).
List of universities & colleges in Illinois:
List of universities & colleges in Illinois:
- Aurora University
- Benedictine University
- Bradley University
- Chicago School of Professional Psychology
- University of Chicago
- Chicago State University
- Columbia College Chicago
- Concordia University-River Forest
- DePaul University
- DeVry University
- Dominican University
- East-West University
- Eastern Illinois University
- Elmhurst College
- Erikson Institute
- Governors State University
- Illinois Institute of Art Chicago
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Illinois State University
- Illinois Technical College
- Kendall College
- Lakeview College of Nursing
- Lewis University
- Lincoln Christian College and Seminary
- Lincoln College, Illinois
- Loyola University Chicago
- Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
- MacMurray College
- Midwestern University
- Millikin University
- Moody Bible Institute
- National Univ of Health Sciences
- National-Louis University
- North Park University
- Northern Seminary
- Northern Illinois University
- Northeastern Illinois University
- Northwestern University
- Olivet Nazarene University
- Principia College
- Quincy University
- Rasmussen College
- Robert Morris University
- Roosevelt University
- Rosalind Franklin Univ of Medicine and Science
- Rush University
- Saint Anthony College of Nursing
- University of St. Francis
- Southern Illinois University
- St. Xavier University
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
- Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
- Trinity International University
- Univ of Illinois (Chicago, Springfield, Urbana-Champaign)
- VanderCook College of Music
- Western Illinois University
- Westwood College Of Technology
