In Illinois, 80,703 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 96,872 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

DeVry University-Illinois has the most online students of 25,465 out of 26,384 total students (96.52%) among 42 Illinois colleges that offer online programs.

Chamberlain University-Illinois with 24,119 online students and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with 9,915 online students are following it in the largest online Illinois Colleges ranking.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of The Largest Online Illinois Colleges

DeVry University-Illinois has the most online students with 25,465 students and Chamberlain University-Illinois has the second highest online population with 24,119 students.

DeVry University-Illinois ranked 1st, up 3 places from 4th last year. Chamberlain University-Illinois ranked 2nd, up 0 places from 2nd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $28,216 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,988 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 72.52% and the average SAT score is 1,242 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 51.30% and the students to faculty ratio is 19 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 The Largest Online Illinois Colleges.

Table. The Largest Online Illinois Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
3		DeVry University-Illinois Naperville, ILPrivate, 4-year 25,465
5,417		26,38423,3573,0279,44116,943$17,488
2
-		Chamberlain University-Illinois Addison, ILPrivate, 4-year 24,119
2,496		26,68711,66115,0262,66524,022$20,604
3
2		University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, 4-year 9,915
20,713		56,91635,12021,79631,00025,916$34,501
($16,004)
4
1		DePaul University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 4,119
15,690		20,91714,1346,7839,26111,656$44,460
5
2		University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 4,049
22,085		33,74721,80711,94014,96918,778$29,360
($14,338)
6
7		National Louis University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 3,948
1,417		7,5253,9843,5411,6755,850$12,345
7
3		Concordia University-Chicago River Forest, ILPrivate, 4-year 3,582
1,428		5,3541,3284,0261,8863,468$36,258
8
2		Loyola University Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 2,215
12,928		16,89911,7035,1965,28111,618$51,716
9
11		Northern Illinois University Dekalb, ILPublic, 4-year 2,208
709		15,64911,4294,2207,1358,514$12,700
($12,472)
10
2		Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 2,079
4,876		5,7564,2071,5492,2193,537$22,726
($12,383)
Average8,17021,58313,8737,7108,55313,030$28,216
($13,799)