2024 Most Enrolled Students in Illinois Rankings
Among Illinois colleges, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the largest number of students (56,916) and University of Illinois Chicago has the second largest number of students (33,747) based on academic year 2022-2023 college enrollment data.
Below table ranks and compares the Most Enrolled Students in Illinois having the largest student population. For the ranking, we only include 4-year colleges and exclude colleges which the percentage of online students is more than 50% of total enrollment. You can view the largest online colleges at colleges with most online students rankings.
Most Enrolled Students in Illinois
| Rank | College Name | Total Population | Men | Women | Undergraduate | Graduate | Online Enrollment | Tuition & Fees | Acceptance Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | 56,916 | 31,000 | 25,916 | 35,120 | 21,796 | 9,915 | $34,501 | 44.8% | 21 to 1 |
| 2 | University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL | 33,747 | 14,969 | 18,778 | 21,807 | 11,940 | 4,049 | $29,360 | 78.7% | 18 to 1 |
| 3 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | 23,161 | 10,711 | 12,450 | 8,993 | 14,168 | 1,123 | $65,997 | 7.2% | 6 to 1 |
| 4 | DePaul University Chicago, IL | 20,917 | 9,261 | 11,656 | 14,134 | 6,783 | 4,119 | $44,460 | 70.2% | 17 to 1 |
| 5 | Illinois State University Normal, IL | 20,683 | 8,734 | 11,949 | 18,055 | 2,628 | 986 | $28,086 | 86.2% | 19 to 1 |
| 6 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | 18,339 | 9,925 | 8,414 | 7,595 | 10,744 | 28 | $66,939 | 5.4% | 5 to 1 |
| 7 | Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL | 16,899 | 5,281 | 11,618 | 11,703 | 5,196 | 2,215 | $51,716 | 79.2% | 13 to 1 |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL | 15,649 | 7,135 | 8,514 | 11,429 | 4,220 | 2,208 | $12,700 | 70.7% | 14 to 1 |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL | 12,519 | 5,259 | 7,260 | 9,321 | 3,198 | 1,951 | $12,922 | 97.5% | 15 to 1 |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL | 11,107 | 5,440 | 5,667 | 8,000 | 3,107 | 1,883 | $13,244 | 91.5% | 11 to 1 |
Qualified Illinois Colleges in Core Admission Stats
