Universities Near Chicago, IL: School Overviews

Students who want to attend a large college or university in or near Chicago, IL have a number of choices. The largest three, profiled in the article below, are the University of Illinois at Chicago, the College of DuPage and DeVry University - Illinois.

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Largest Colleges and Universities Near Chicago, Illinois

University of Illinois at Chicago

The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is located just southwest of downtown Chicago in the city's Little Italy neighborhood. UIC offers 74 bachelor's, 77 master's and 60 doctoral degree programs through its 15 colleges and schools. UIC has had a deep impact on the city and state. Approximately 10% of Chicago residents with a degree are UIC alumni, nearly 17% of doctors in Illinois graduated from UIC medical school and roughly 33% of the state's pharmacists graduated from the UIC College of Pharmacy. Among business schools granting a doctorate in business administration, the Chronicle of Higher Education ranked the UIC College of Business Administration #1 for scholarly output in 2007.

Contact Information:

Address: 601 S. Morgan, Chicago, IL 60607
Phone Number: (312) 996-7000

College of DuPage

The main campus of the College of DuPage (COD) is located approximately 15 miles outside Chicago's city limits in west suburban Glen Ellyn. The college has seven branch campuses located in Westmont, West Chicago, Naperville, Lombard, Carol Stream, Bloomingdale and Addison. COD offers 90 certificate, 59 occupational degree and 45 transfer degree programs through its departments of business and technology, continuing education and extended learning, health and sciences, learning resources and liberal arts. In particular, the meteorology component of its earth science degree program is notable for the opportunity it provides students to take part in storm chasing.

Contact Information:

Address: 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599
Phone Number: (630) 942-2800

DeVry University - Illinois

DeVry University - Illinois is located near the Rosecoe Village neighborhood on Chicago's northwest side. The school's six divisions include business and management, engineering and information sciences, health sciences, liberal arts and sciences, media arts and technology and the graduate school of management. Together they offer five associate's, 11 bachelor's and seven master's degree programs. In addition, the bachelor's programs in multimedia design and development, computer information systems and technical management have a total of 29 specializations between them. Business administration is the most heavily enrolled program at both the bachelor's and master's degree level.

Contact Information:

Address: 3300 N. Campbell Ave., Chicago, IL 60618
Phone Number: (773) 929-8500

Complete List of Colleges and Universities Near Chicago, Illinois

College/University	Student Population	Institution Type
University of Illinois at Chicago	25,835	4-year, Public
College of DuPage	25,668	2-year, Public
DeVry University - Illinois	24,624	4-year, Private for-profit
DePaul University	24,352	4-year, Private not-for-profit
Northwestern University	19,291	4-year, Private not-for-profit
Moraine Valley Community College	17,477	2-year, Public
Loyola University Chicago	15,670	4-year, Private not-for-profit
Triton College	15,547	2-year, Public
University of Chicago	14,788	4-year, Private not-for-profit
Columbia College Chicago	12,464	4-year, Private not-for-profit
Northeastern Illinois University	12,320	4-year, Public
City Colleges of Chicago - Harry S Truman College	11,835	2-year, Public
City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College	11,677	2-year, Public
Oakton Community College	10,747	2-year, Public
City Colleges of Chicago - Richard J Daley College	9,711	2-year, Public
City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College	8,342	2-year, Public
South Suburban College	7,989	2-year, Public
City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College	7,201	2-year, Public
City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College	6,873	2-year, Public
Chicago State University	6,820	4-year, Public