List of colleges and universities in Chicago

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)
• Catholic Theological Union (Chicago)
• Chicago Theological Seminary (Chicago)
• Christian Life College (Mount Prospect, IL)
• Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary (Evanston, Illinois)
• Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Chicago)
• McCormick Theological Seminary (Chicago)
• Meadville Lombard Theological School (Chicago)
• Moody Bible Institute (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)
• SAE Institute Chicago (Chicago)
• Taylor Business Institute (Chicago)
• University of Phoenix (Schaumburg)

Non-degree-granting career colleges

• Illinois Media School (Chicago; Downtown and O'Hare area)
• 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
• Mundelein College (1930–1991, Chicago) merged with Loyola University of Chicago
• 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

External links

• Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Illinois