Top Ranked Universities in Illinois

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Top Ranked Universities in Illinois - Highest Enrollment

Rank in Illinois			Highest Enrollment
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	49,702	44,942 (↑10.6%)
2 ↑	3	University of Illinois at Chicago	31,683	28,038 (↑13.0%)
3 ↑	18	Chamberlain University-Illinois	27,629	13,720 (↑101.4%)
4 ↓	2	College of DuPage	24,900	28,627 (↓13.0%)
5 ↑	6	DeVry University-Illinois	24,246	No Change
6 ↓	5	DePaul University	22,437	24,414 (↓8.1%)
7	7	Northwestern University	22,127	21,592 (↑2.5%)
8 ↑	9	Illinois State University	20,635	20,272 (↑1.8%)
9 ↓	4	DeVry University-Illinois	17,364	26,851 (↓35.3%)
10 ↓	8	Northern Illinois University	17,169	21,138 (↓18.8%)
11 ↑	14	Loyola University Chicago	17,007	15,957 (↑6.6%)
12 ↑	15	University of Chicago	17,002	15,048 (↑13.0%)
13 ↓	12	Joliet Junior College	14,726	16,869 (↓12.7%)
14 ↓	11	College of Lake County	14,193	17,685 (↓19.7%)
15 ↓	13	Moraine Valley Community College	13,762	16,106 (↓14.6%)
16	16	William Rainey Harper College	13,530	14,830 (↓8.8%)
17	17	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville	13,281	13,850 (↓4.1%)
18 ↓	10	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	12,817	17,964 (↓28.7%)
19 ↑	25	Triton College	10,529	11,225 (↓6.2%)
20 ↓	19	City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College	9,777	12,640 (↓22.7%)

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