List of colleges and universities in Chicago

A view of the campus of the University of Chicago, looking northwest, from the Midway Plaisance

The following is a list of colleges and universities in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Community and junior colleges

Public institutions

• City Colleges of Chicago
  • Harold Washington College
  • Kennedy–King College
  • Malcolm X College
  • Olive–Harvey College
  • Richard J. Daley College
  • Truman College
  • Wilbur Wright College
• College of DuPage (Glen Ellyn, Illinois)
• College of Lake County (Grayslake, Illinois)
• Elgin Community College (Elgin, Illinois)
• Harper College (Palatine, Illinois)
• Joliet Junior College (Joliet, Illinois)
• McHenry County College (Crystal Lake, Illinois)
• Moraine Valley Community College (Palos Hills, Illinois)
• Morton College (Cicero, Illinois)
• Oakton College (Des Plaines and Skokie, Illinois)
• Prairie State College (Chicago Heights, Illinois)
• South Suburban College (South Holland, Illinois)
• Triton College (River Grove, Illinois)
• Waubonsee Community College (Sugar Grove, Illinois)

Private institutions

• Generations College (Chicago, Illinois)

Colleges granting bachelor's degrees and above

• Columbia College Chicago (Chicago)
• Hebrew Theological College (Skokie, Illinois)
• Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)
• Moody Bible Institute (Chicago)
• North Central College (Naperville, Illinois)
• St. Augustine College (Chicago)
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago)
• Telshe Yeshiva (Chicago)
• Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, Illinois)
• VanderCook College of Music (Chicago)
• Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois)

Universities and graduate schools

Public institutions

• Chicago State University (Chicago)
• Governors State University (University Park, Illinois)
• Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago)
• Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois)
• University of Illinois Chicago (Chicago)

Private institutions

• Aurora University (Aurora, Illinois)
• Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois)
• Concordia University Chicago (River Forest, Illinois)
• DePaul University (Chicago)
• Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois)
• East–West University (Chicago)
• Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Illinois)
• Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois)
• Judson University (Elgin, Illinois)
• Kendall College (Chicago)
• Lewis University (Romeoville, Illinois)
• Loyola University Chicago (Chicago)
• Midwestern University (Downers Grove, Illinois)
• National Louis University (Chicago)
• National University of Health Sciences (Lombard, Illinois)
• North Park University (Chicago)
• Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois and Chicago)
• Roosevelt University (Chicago)
• Saint Xavier University (Chicago)
• Trinity International University (Deerfield, Illinois)
• University of Chicago (Chicago)
• University of St. Francis (Joliet, Illinois)
• University of Saint Mary of the Lake (Mundelein, Illinois)

Programs, graduate- and professional-only

Business

• Booth School of Business (Chicago)
• Kellogg School of Management (Chicago, Evanston, Miami)
• Kellstadt Graduate School of Business (Chicago)
• Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (Lake Forest, Illinois)
• Liautaud Graduate School of Business (Chicago, public)
• Quinlan School of Business (Chicago)
• Stuart School of Business (Chicago)

Law

• Chicago-Kent College of Law (Chicago)
• DePaul University College of Law (Chicago)
• Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Chicago)
• Northern Illinois University College of Law (DeKalb, public)
• Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (Chicago)
• University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (Chicago, public)
• University of Chicago Law School (Chicago)

Medical, dental and healthcare

• Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (Chicago)
• Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago)
• Illinois College of Optometry (Chicago)
• Midwestern University (Downers Grove)
• Pritzker School of Medicine (Chicago)
• Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (North Chicago, Illinois)
• Rush University (Chicago)
• Stritch School of Medicine (Maywood)
• UIC College of Pharmacy (Chicago, public)
• University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry (Chicago, public)
• University of Illinois College of Medicine (Chicago, public)

Religious and theological

• Bexley Seabury (Chicago) ^[1]
• Catholic Theological Union (Chicago)
• Chicago Theological Seminary (Chicago)
• Christian Life College (Mount Prospect, IL) ^[2]
• Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary (Evanston, Illinois)
• Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Chicago)
• McCormick Theological Seminary (Chicago)
• Meadville Lombard Theological School (Chicago)
• North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago)
• Northern Seminary (Lisle, Illinois)
• Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership (Chicago)
• University of Chicago Divinity School (Chicago)

Social science

• Adler University (Chicago)
• The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Chicago)
• Erikson Institute (Chicago)
• Institute for Clinical Social Work (Chicago)

Technology and other areas

• Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (Chicago)

For-profit

• American InterContinental University (Schaumburg)
• Chamberlain University (Addison)
• DeVry University (Chicago)
• Fox College (Bedford Park and Tinley Park)
• Midwest College of Oriental Medicine (Skokie)
• Pacific College of Health and Science (Chicago)
• Rasmussen University (Aurora, Mokena, Romeoville)
• Taylor Business Institute (Chicago)
• University of Phoenix (Schaumburg)

Non-degree-granting career colleges

• Illinois Media School (Chicago; Downtown and O'Hare area) ^[3]
• Universal Technical Institute (Lisle)

Defunct

• American Conservatory of Music (1886–1991, Chicago)
• Argosy University (2001–2019, Chicago, Schaumburg)
• Barat College (1858–2005, Lake Forest, Illinois), merged with DePaul University
• Bush Conservatory of Music (1901–1932, Chicago)
• Central YMCA College (1922–1945, Chicago)
• The Chicago Conservatory College (1857–1981, Chicago)
• Chicago Technical College (1904–1977, Chicago)
• Coyne College (Chicago)
• Evanston College for Ladies (1871–1873, Evanston, Illinois), merged with Northwestern University in 1873
• Everest College (Bedford Park, Burr Ridge, Melrose Park, Merrionette Park, North Aurora, Skokie)
• Flashpoint Chicago (2007–2022, Chicago)
• George Williams College (1890–2000), merged its Wisconsin campus into Aurora University
• Harrington College of Design (1931–2015, Chicago)
• Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago (1916–2018, Chicago)
• Illinois Institute of Art – Schaumburg (1983–2018, Schaumburg)
• Illinois Technical College (1950–1992, Chicago)
• International Academy of Design & Technology – Schaumburg (1977–2015)
• ITT Technical Institute (1969–2016, Arlington Heights, Oak Brook, Orland Park)
• Knowledge Systems Institute (Skokie)
• La Salle Extension University (1908–1982, Chicago)
• Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago (1983–2017, Chicago)
• Lexington College (1977–2014, Chicago)
• Mallinckrodt College (1916–1991, Wilmette), merged with Loyola University Chicago ^{[4] [5]}
• Mundelein College (1930–1991, Chicago) merged with Loyola University of Chicago ^[6]
• Northwestern College (Chicago, Bridgeview)
• Old University of Chicago (1856–1886, Chicago)
• Robert Morris University Illinois (1913–2020, Chicago), merged into Roosevelt University in 2020
• Sanford–Brown (1920–2017, Chicago)
• Shimer College (1853–2017, Mount Carroll, Waukegan, Chicago), merged with North Central College in Naperville in 2017
• Solex College (1995–2018, Chicago, Wheeling)
• Westwood College (1953–2016, Calumet City, Chicago, Woodridge)

See also

• List of colleges and universities in Illinois
• History of education in Chicago

References

1. "Seabury in Chicago". Bexley Hall. Archived from the original on October 31, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
2. "Christian Life College". Christian Life College. Archived from the original on April 22, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
3. "Multimedia & Broadcasting School - BeOnAir". BeOnAir.
4. Jouzaitis, Carol (April 3, 1991). "Tiny College is Reborn by Merger with Loyola". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
5. Kane, Francis. "History of Saint Joseph Church". Saints Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
6. "Mundelein College: Women and Leadership Archives: Loyola University Chicago". www.luc.edu. Archived from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.

External links

• Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Illinois