Of the 149 colleges in Illinois, 149 colleges offer online programs. By school type, there are 60 public and 89 private schools.

By offered degree, 135 schools offer undergraduate level programs and 75 schools offer graduate programs through online.

The 2024 average tuition & fees of the schools is $23,017 for undergraduate programs and $20,139 for graduate programs. Schools may offer "in-state" rate for Illinois residents.

A total of 161,865 students were in online degree programs or took online courses. It is 24.06% of total enrollment.

Illinois Online Schools Statistics

The following table shows the 2024 average academic statistics for Illinois Online Schools.

Illinois Online Schools Statistics (2023-2024)
Number of Online Schools149 Online Schools (60 public, 89 private)
Tuition & Fees$23,017 Undergraduate
$20,139 Graduate
Student PopulationTotal 672,854 (4,516 in average)
Online Student PopulationTotal 161,865 (1,086 in average)
Average Number of Online Programs Offered11
Student to Faculty Ratio14.0 to 1

Illinois Online Schools Comparison

The following table lists and compare Illinois colleges that offer online degree and/or courses.

2024 Tuition Comparison Between Online Schools in Illinois
NameUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationOnline PopulationNumber of Total ProgramsNumber of Online Programs
Adler UniversityChicago, IL $44,030 $45,613 1,841 507 29 8
American Academy of Art CollegeChicago, IL $39,510 - 111 1 8
American Islamic CollegeChicago, IL $7,650 $4,650 19 19 3
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL $52,604 $44,634 3,532 127 20
Augustana CollegeRock Island, IL $49,834 $34,660 2,349 - 76
Aurora UniversityAurora, IL $28,220 $15,363 5,918 1,615 60 1
Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, IL $6,210 - 7,188 1,322 125 4
Black Hawk CollegeMoline, IL $8,100 - 3,773 663 61 2
Blackburn CollegeCarlinville, IL $26,758 - 382 50 54
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health SciencesQuincy, IL $29,868 $27,830 167 26 7 3
Bradley UniversityPeoria, IL $39,680 $19,014 5,552 911 174 5
Carl Sandburg CollegeGalesburg, IL $8,810 - 1,688 520 44
Catholic Theological Union at ChicagoChicago, IL - $23,232 213 47 8 7
The Chicago School at ChicagoChicago, IL $20,844 $26,136 1,296 91 21
Chicago State UniversityChicago, IL $12,754 $16,162 2,317 419 74
Chicago Theological SeminaryChicago, IL - $26,598 195 182 6 5
University of ChicagoChicago, IL $65,619 $66,543 18,339 28 221
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, IL $14,430 - 2,237 771 69
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicago, IL $14,430 - 7,314 2,654 45
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey CollegeChicago, IL $14,430 - 2,101 581 48
City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicago, IL $14,430 - 5,289 1,381 51
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, IL $14,430 - 4,787 1,022 55
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, IL $14,430 - 5,559 2,331 47
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, IL $14,430 - 7,508 2,003 45
Columbia College ChicagoChicago, IL $32,520 $2,464 6,646 69 74
Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, IL $36,258 $10,782 5,354 3,582 165 57
Danville Area Community CollegeDanville, IL $9,200 - 1,924 277 76
DePaul UniversityChicago, IL $44,174 $22,525 20,917 4,119 336 1
College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, IL $12,510 - 21,939 4,910 195
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, IL $15,566 $22,695 8,857 1,382 103
Elgin Community CollegeElgin, IL $9,516 - 8,910 1,658 116
Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, IL $41,628 $34,037 3,731 611 124
Eureka CollegeEureka, IL $28,400 - 559 - 33
First Institute of Travel, Inc.Crystal Lake, IL $17,025 - 274 - 3
Garrett-Evangelical Theological SeminaryEvanston, IL - $24,465 280 48 11
Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, IL $11,320 $10,072 4,427 1,448 88
Greenville UniversityGreenville, IL $30,598 $8,784 1,088 234 38 4
Hebrew Theological CollegeSkokie, IL $14,700 $5,550 160 11 13
Highland Community CollegeFreeport, IL $7,120 - 1,184 126 72
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceNorth Chicago, IL - $34,167 1,940 46 38 10
University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL $31,505 $28,641 33,747 4,049 285 6
Benedictine UniversityLisle, IL $32,546 $20,258 3,123 1,025 107 1
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL $39,192 $33,640 56,916 9,915 384 20
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, IL $55,704 - 1,527 - 47
Illinois Central CollegeEast Peoria, IL $11,654 - 7,044 1,523 125
Illinois CollegeJacksonville, IL $37,470 $9,200 1,029 81 48 1
Olney Central CollegeOlney, IL $12,340 - 869 118 50
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL $50,917 $33,810 6,943 1,012 169 9
Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL $23,479 $12,646 20,683 986 172 23
Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby, IL $14,981 - 2,371 285 64
Institute for Clinical Social WorkChicago, IL - $26,750 119 11 2 1
John A Logan CollegeCarterville, IL $7,610 - 3,272 294 78
John Wood Community CollegeQuincy, IL $9,000 - 1,718 477 56
Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, IL $13,800 - 10,212 2,243 166 15
Judson UniversityElgin, IL $30,910 $18,708 973 131 69 15
Kankakee Community CollegeKankakee, IL $25,680 - 2,333 268 85
Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, IL $12,570 - 3,370 445 110
Kishwaukee CollegeMalta, IL $13,800 - 2,581 495 70
Knox CollegeGalesburg, IL $55,587 - 1,058 - 45
College of Lake CountyGrayslake, IL $14,036 - 11,651 3,901 167
Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, IL $54,202 $16,212 1,753 - 44
Lake Forest Graduate School of ManagementLake Forest, IL - - 295 295 2 2
Lake Land CollegeMattoon, IL $13,906 - 3,742 508 117
Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, IL $12,552 - 3,973 246 114
Lewis UniversityRomeoville, IL $37,882 $15,490 6,513 1,332 134 27
Lincoln Christian UniversityLincoln, IL $15,400 $9,910 258 95 25 8
Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield, IL $10,248 - 4,444 1,287 93 4
Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL $51,716 $22,305 16,899 2,215 370 20
Trinity College of Nursing & Health SciencesRock Island, IL $28,025 $32,398 101 6 4
Generations CollegeChicago, IL $12,700 - 303 265 6
McCormick Theological SeminaryChicago, IL - $9,410 162 12 5
McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, IL $14,885 - 8,874 1,134 90 32
McKendree UniversityLebanon, IL $34,070 $9,450 1,960 451 74 22
Meadville Theological School of Lombard CollegeChicago, IL - $27,414 69 22 5 3
Methodist CollegePeoria, IL $18,008 $15,762 456 41 11
Millikin UniversityDecatur, IL $43,570 $21,333 1,807 30 92 1
Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, IL $43,520 - 767 - 48
Moody Bible InstituteChicago, IL $15,356 $9,342 2,410 739 33 12
Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, IL $9,846 - 10,511 1,593 116
Morton CollegeCicero, IL $11,028 - 3,753 384 47
National Louis UniversityChicago, IL $14,601 $12,225 7,525 3,948 92 34
National University of Health SciencesLombard, IL $22,450 $27,801 498 25 6 1
North Central CollegeNaperville, IL $44,394 $15,822 2,695 143 119
North Park UniversityChicago, IL $35,325 $16,191 2,660 247 73 2
Northern Baptist Theological SeminaryLisle, IL - $14,135 374 - 7
Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, IL $12,506 $9,090 15,649 2,208 164 11
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL $65,997 $53,871 23,161 1,123 442 13
Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, IL $22,726 $18,217 5,756 2,079 77
Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, IL $12,462 - 7,645 2,078 127
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, IL $37,940 $10,957 3,255 833 110 28
Parkland CollegeChampaign, IL $13,266 - 5,686 1,087 121
Prairie State CollegeChicago Heights, IL $11,064 - 2,680 517 73
Principia CollegeElsah, IL $33,280 - 323 - 38
Quincy UniversityQuincy, IL $35,740 $11,475 1,307 107 58 3
Rend Lake CollegeIna, IL $7,800 - 2,017 164 93
Richland Community CollegeDecatur, IL $17,070 - 2,075 356 97 4
Rock Valley CollegeRockford, IL $21,344 - 5,861 1,197 68
Rockford UniversityRockford, IL $37,000 $14,060 1,181 155 56
Roosevelt UniversityChicago, IL $20,280 $23,094 3,725 536 174 1
Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, IL $37,694 $19,500 3,196 260 106 5
Rush UniversityChicago, IL $30,957 $38,013 2,870 841 31 5
Saint Francis Medical Center College of NursingPeoria, IL $23,710 $9,086 371 141 4 3
University of St FrancisJoliet, IL $37,000 $14,757 3,297 1,638 93 29
St. John's College-Department of NursingSpringfield, IL $25,466 $17,228 94 8 4
Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, IL $36,840 $15,410 3,523 267 104 4
University of Illinois SpringfieldSpringfield, IL $19,460 $19,246 4,198 1,954 72 6
Sauk Valley Community CollegeDixon, IL $12,840 - 1,386 195 48
Shawnee Community CollegeUllin, IL $7,500 - 1,174 148 48 3
University of Saint Mary of the LakeMundelein, IL - $34,640 204 26 6 1
Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburg, IL $6,540 - 1,379 233 45
Spertus CollegeChicago, IL - $21,400 99 50 3
Spoon River CollegeCanton, IL $12,540 - 1,212 414 39 1
Saint Anthony College of NursingRockford, IL $27,811 $18,987 242 3 4
Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, IL $13,244 $31,050 11,107 1,883 269 35
Southern Illinois University-EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, IL $12,025 $10,102 12,519 1,951 124 15
South Suburban CollegeSouth Holland, IL $12,683 - 3,905 571 74 4
Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights, IL $20,325 $15,073 908 - 64
Trinity International University-IllinoisDeerfield, IL $12,320 $18,520 1,242 228 42
Triton CollegeRiver Grove, IL $14,880 - 8,616 1,202 97
VanderCook College of MusicChicago, IL $30,910 $7,995 263 138 4
Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove, IL $12,330 - 7,491 1,398 88 6
Oak Point UniversityOak Brook, IL $24,440 $8,000 429 53 8
Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, IL $14,085 $13,290 7,643 1,807 128 31
Wheaton CollegeWheaton, IL $43,936 $19,440 2,885 57 61
William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, IL $11,802 - 12,434 2,714 119 16
Northwestern CollegeOak Lawn, IL $18,475 - 514 263 8 3
Worsham College of Mortuary ScienceWheeling, IL $24,800 - 190 140 2
Heartland Community CollegeNormal, IL $15,420 - 4,774 1,027 47 7
Frontier Community CollegeFairfield, IL $12,340 - 1,740 169 50
Lincoln Trail CollegeRobinson, IL $12,340 - 636 58 43
Wabash Valley CollegeMount Carmel, IL $12,340 - 926 120 47
Erikson InstituteChicago, IL - $20,588 331 154 6 2
Illinois Media SchoolChicago, IL $18,870 - 26 - 4
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-SkokieSkokie, IL $18,666 $20,290 46 - 2
MDT College of Health SciencesChicago, IL $21,600 - 324 92 1
Pacific College of Health and ScienceChicago, IL $7,508 $15,649 233 32 5
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.Chicago, IL - $19,845 62 59 3 1
Soma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage TherapyChicago, IL $14,315 - 284 25 2 1
Rasmussen University-IllinoisRockford, IL $15,768 $4,726 2,475 1,172 68 9
Chamberlain University-IllinoisAddison, IL $20,604 $14,900 26,687 24,119 20 17
Ambria College of NursingHoffman Estates, IL $38,185 - 211 - 3 1
Midwestern Career CollegeChicago, IL $17,320 - 676 93 16 1
Illinois Media School-Chicago CampusChicago, IL $19,170 - 105 - 5
State Career CollegeGurnee, IL $13,450 - 55 54 3
DeVry University-IllinoisLisle, IL $15,032 $17,552 26,384 25,465 49 47
Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career CollegeRockford, IL $16,699 - 473 134 28 16
Zen Shiatsu ChicagoEvanston, IL $12,580 - 74 - 1
Americare Technical SchoolPark Ridge, IL $20,500 - 273 - 1
Stellar Career CollegeChicago, IL $26,000 - 141 - 7
Average$23,017 $20,139 4,516 1,086 71.5839 10.5303