The following is a list of colleges and universities in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Community and junior colleges
- City Colleges of Chicago
- Harold Washington College
- Kennedyâ€"King College
- Malcolm X College
- Oliveâ€"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)
- Fox College (Midway Airport) (Tinley Park)
- Harper College (Palatine, Illinois)
- Joliet Junior College (Joliet, Illinois)
- MacCormac College (Chicago, Illinois)
- McHenry County College (Crystal Lake, Illinois)
- Moraine Valley Community College (Palos Hills, Illinois)
- Morton College (Cicero, Illinois)
- Oakton Community 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)
Colleges granting bachelor's degrees and above
- Calumet College of St. Joseph (Whiting, Indiana)
- Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisconsin)
- 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)
- Saint Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago)
- Shimer College (Chicago)
- Telshe Yeshiva (Chicago)
- Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, Illinois)
- VanderCook College of Music (Chicago)
- Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois)
Universities and graduate schools
- Aurora University (Aurora, Illinois)
- Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois)
- Chicago State University (Chicago)
- Concordia University Chicago (River Forest, Illinois)
- DePaul University (Chicago)
- Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois)
- Eastâ€"West University (Chicago)
- Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, Illinois)
- Governors State University (University Park, Illinois)
- Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois), (Wheaton, Illinois)
- Judson University (Elgin, Illinois)
- 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)
- Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago)
- Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois)
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois and Chicago)
- Resurrection University (Chicago, Evanston)
- Roosevelt University (Chicago)
- Saint Xavier University (Chicago)
- Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, Illinois)
- Trinity International University (Deerfield, Illinois)
- University of Chicago (Chicago)
- University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago)
- University of St. Francis (Joliet, Illinois)
- University of Saint Mary of the Lake (Mundelein, Illinois)
Programs, graduate- and professional-only
Business and law
- John Marshall Law School (Chicago)
- Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (Lake Forest, Illinois)
Medical and healthcare
- Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (Chicago)
- Illinois College of Optometry (Chicago)
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (North Chicago, Illinois)
- Rush University (Chicago)
Religious and theological
- Bexley Seabury (Chicago)
- Catholic Theological Union (Chicago)
- Christian Life College (Mount Prospect, IL)
- Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership (Chicago)
- Chicago Theological Seminary (Chicago)
- Garrettâ€"Evangelical Theological Seminary (Evanston, Illinois)
- Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Chicago)
- McCormick Theological Seminary (Chicago)
- Meadville Lombard Theological School (Chicago)
- Northern Baptist Theological Seminary (Lombard, Illinois)
Social science
- Adler University (Chicago)
- The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Chicago)
- Erikson Institute (Chicago)
- The Institute for Clinical Social Work (Chicago)
Technology and other areas
- Knowledge Systems Institute (Skokie)
- Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (Chicago)
For-profit
Defunct
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- American Conservatory of Music (1886â€"1991, Chicago)
- Barat College (1858â€"2005, Lake Forest, Illinois)
- Bush Conservatory of Music (1901â€"1932, Chicago)
- Central YMCA College (1922â€"1945, Chicago)
- The Chicago Conservatory College (1857â€"1981, Chicago)
- Evanston College for Ladies (1871â€"1873, Evanston, Illinois), merged with Northwestern University in 1873
- Everest College (Bedford Park, Burr Ridge, Melrose Park, Merrionette Park, North Aurora, Skokie)
- Harrington College of Design (1931-2015, Chicago)
- Illinois Technical College (1950â€"1992, Chicago)
- International Academy of Design & Technology â€" Schaumburg (1977â€"2015)
- ITT Technical Institute (closed in 2016, Arlington Heights, Oak Brook, Orland Park)
- La Salle Extension University (1908â€"1982, Chicago)
- Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago (1983-2017, Chicago)
- Lexington College (1977â€"2014, Chicago)
- Mundelein College (1930â€"1991, Chicago)merged with Loyola University of Chicago
- Old University of Chicago (1857â€"1886, Chicago)
- Sanfordâ€"Brown (1920-2017, Chicago)
- Westwood College (Calumet City, Chicago, Woodridge)
See also
- List of colleges and universities in Illinois
References
External links
- Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Illinois