Colleges in Illinois
We list 103 colleges in Illinois.
Average net price — what students actually pay after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price — runs from $1,672 a year at Joliet Junior College to $49,790 at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, with a typical figure around $12,786.
The most affordable on this list are Joliet Junior College, Illinois Valley Community College and Lake Land College. A low average does not mean a low bill for everyone — aid depends on your family's income — but it is the right place to start.
Every college in Illinois · 103
Sorted by name. The figure is the average net price per year after grants and scholarships; — means the school reports none.
- Augustana College
- Aurora University
- Benedictine University
- Black Hawk College
- Blackburn College
- Bradley University
- Carl Sandburg College
- Chamberlain University-Illinois
- Chicago State University
- City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College
- City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College
- City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College
- City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College
- City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College
- City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College
- City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College
- College of DuPage
- College of Lake County
- Columbia College Chicago
- Concordia University-Chicago
- Danville Area Community College
- DePaul University
- DeVry University-Illinois
- Dominican University
- East-West University
- Eastern Illinois University
- Elgin Community College
- Elmhurst University
- Eureka College
- Fox College
- Generations College
- Governors State University
- Greenville University
- Heartland Community College
- Highland Community College
- Illinois Central College
- Illinois College
- Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Illinois State University
- Illinois Valley Community College
- Illinois Wesleyan University
- John A Logan College
- John Wood Community College
- Joliet Junior College
- Judson University
- Kankakee Community College
- Kaskaskia College
- Kishwaukee College
- Knox College
- Lake Forest College
- Lake Land College
- Lewis and Clark Community College
- Lewis University
- Lincoln Land Community College
- Loyola University Chicago
- McHenry County College
- McKendree University
- Methodist College
- Millikin University
- Monmouth College
- Moody Bible Institute
- Moraine Valley Community College
- Morton College
- National Louis University
- North Central College
- North Park University
- Northeastern Illinois University
- Northern Illinois University
- Northwestern University
- Oakton College
- Olivet Nazarene University
- Parkland College
- Prairie State College
- Quincy University
- Rasmussen University-Illinois
- Rend Lake College
- Richland Community College
- Rock Valley College
- Rockford University
- Roosevelt University
- Saint Xavier University
- Sauk Valley Community College
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Shawnee Community College
- South Suburban College
- Southeastern Illinois College
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
- Southwestern Illinois College
- Spoon River College
- Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College
- Trinity Christian College
- Triton College
- University of Chicago
- University of Illinois Chicago
- University of Illinois Springfield
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- University of St Francis
- Waubonsee Community College
- Western Illinois University
- Wheaton College
- William Rainey Harper College
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