How Student Population Changes over Past 5 Years for Illinois Colleges

For the academic year 2024-2025, the total student population of Illinois Colleges is 6,200.The overall number of students in Illinois Colleges increased by 7.83%.

Compared to 5 years ago, the total number of students at Illinois Colleges has increased by 8.78% from 5,700 to 6,200 students. Of the 80 Illinois Colleges, 28 schools had an increase in the number of students compared to 5 years ago, and 43 schools had a decrease in the number of students.

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Comparison Table of Student Population Changes for Illinois Colleges

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Enrollment Changes from 2020 to 2025 at Illinois Colleges
School Name	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	5-Year Changes
Adler UniversityChicago, IL	1,726	1,864 138	1,841 23	1,674 167	1,631 43	95
American Academy of Art CollegeChicago, IL	169	145 24	111 34	90 21	-	-
American Islamic CollegeChicago, IL	16	19 3	19	14 5	29 15	13
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL	3,132	3,559 427	3,532 27	3,401 131	3,394 7	262
Augustana CollegeRock Island, IL	2,389	2,367 22	2,349 18	2,484 135	2,570 86	181
Aurora UniversityAurora, IL	6,265	6,165 100	5,918 247	5,935 17	5,923 12	342
Blackburn CollegeCarlinville, IL	516	414 102	382 32	389 7	513 124	3
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health SciencesQuincy, IL	177	157 20	167 10	195 28	193 2	16
Bradley UniversityPeoria, IL	5,855	5,588 267	5,552 36	5,217 335	4,777 440	1,078
The Chicago School at ChicagoChicago, IL	1,285	1,297 12	1,296 1	1,243 53	1,100 143	185
Chicago State UniversityChicago, IL	2,644	2,366 278	2,317 49	2,324 7	2,238 86	406
University of ChicagoChicago, IL	17,834	18,832 998	18,339 493	18,339	18,566 227	732
Columbia College ChicagoChicago, IL	6,769	6,736 33	6,646 90	6,529 117	5,570 959	1,199
Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, IL	6,491	6,086 405	5,354 732	5,066 288	4,770 296	1,721
DePaul UniversityChicago, IL	21,922	21,670 252	20,917 753	21,348 431	21,210 138	712
East-West UniversityChicago, IL	419	487 68	529 42	528 1	468 60	49
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, IL	8,626	8,608 18	8,857 249	8,804 53	8,505 299	121
Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, IL	3,421	3,518 97	3,731 213	3,906 175	3,997 91	576
Eureka CollegeEureka, IL	511	476 35	559 83	527 32	527	16
Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, IL	4,650	4,395 255	4,427 32	4,337 90	4,397 60	253
Greenville UniversityGreenville, IL	994	1,047 53	1,088 41	1,053 35	1,104 51	110
Hebrew Theological CollegeSkokie, IL	181	170 11	160 10	197 37	182 15	1
University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL	33,518	34,199 681	33,747 452	33,522 225	33,906 384	388
Benedictine UniversityLisle, IL	3,779	3,378 401	3,123 255	2,989 134	2,917 72	862
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL	52,679	56,607 3,928	56,916 309	56,563 353	59,238 2,675	6,559
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, IL	1,636	1,653 17	1,527 126	1,576 49	1,582 6	54
Illinois CollegeJacksonville, IL	1,154	1,097 57	1,029 68	958 71	942 16	212
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL	6,325	6,486 161	6,943 457	8,563 1,620	8,834 271	2,509
Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL	20,720	20,233 487	20,683 450	20,989 306	21,546 557	826
Judson UniversityElgin, IL	1,173	1,173	973 200	1,058 85	960 98	213
Knox CollegeGalesburg, IL	1,154	1,156 2	1,058 98	1,001 57	1,136 135	18
Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, IL	1,583	1,690 107	1,753 63	1,818 65	1,837 19	254
Lakeview College of NursingDanville, IL	162	152 10	116 36	81 35	66 15	96
Lewis UniversityRomeoville, IL	6,437	6,183 254	6,513 330	6,636 123	7,011 375	574
Lincoln Christian UniversityLincoln, IL	581	537 44	258 279	185 73	-	-
Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL	16,893	17,498 605	16,899 599	17,397 498	17,384 13	491
Trinity College of Nursing & Health SciencesRock Island, IL	206	133 73	101 32	76 25	65 11	141
McKendree UniversityLebanon, IL	2,200	1,958 242	1,960 2	2,075 115	2,392 317	192
Methodist CollegePeoria, IL	595	550 45	456 94	391 65	267 124	328
Millikin UniversityDecatur, IL	1,982	1,906 76	1,807 99	1,659 148	1,586 73	396
Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, IL	860	755 105	767 12	727 40	713 14	147
Moody Bible InstituteChicago, IL	2,870	2,606 264	2,410 196	2,216 194	2,202 14	668
National Louis UniversityChicago, IL	7,402	7,315 87	7,525 210	8,270 745	8,915 645	1,513
National University of Health SciencesLombard, IL	529	466 63	498 32	513 15	511 2	18
North Central CollegeNaperville, IL	2,832	2,728 104	2,695 33	2,856 161	3,003 147	171
North Park UniversityChicago, IL	2,831	2,749 82	2,660 89	2,624 36	2,557 67	274
Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, IL	16,769	16,234 535	15,649 585	15,504 145	15,414 90	1,355
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL	22,603	23,409 806	23,161 248	23,203 42	23,856 653	1,253
Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, IL	7,119	6,440 679	5,756 684	5,504 252	5,734 230	1,385
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, IL	3,764	3,462 302	3,255 207	3,275 20	3,339 64	425
Principia CollegeElsah, IL	340	321 19	323 2	338 15	339 1	1
Quincy UniversityQuincy, IL	1,273	1,188 85	1,307 119	1,280 27	1,210 70	63
Rockford UniversityRockford, IL	1,272	1,231 41	1,181 50	1,249 68	1,241 8	31
Roosevelt UniversityChicago, IL	4,680	4,127 553	3,725 402	4,015 290	4,281 266	399
Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, IL	3,189	3,066 123	3,196 130	3,424 228	3,803 379	614
Rush UniversityChicago, IL	2,816	2,889 73	2,870 19	2,782 88	2,769 13	47
Saint Francis Medical Center College of NursingPeoria, IL	466	431 35	371 60	523 152	605 82	139
University of St FrancisJoliet, IL	3,529	3,426 103	3,297 129	3,185 112	3,074 111	455
St. John's CollegeSpringfield, IL	118	108 10	94 14	93 1	132 39	14
Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, IL	3,764	3,749 15	3,523 226	3,457 66	3,485 28	279
University of Illinois SpringfieldSpringfield, IL	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Anthony College of NursingRockford, IL	291	262 29	242 20	228 14	263 35	28
Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, IL	11,366	11,266 100	11,107 159	11,359 252	11,790 431	424
Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, IL	12,860	13,010 150	12,519 491	12,045 474	11,893 152	967
Telshe Yeshiva-ChicagoChicago, IL	94	88 6	90 2	88 2	91 3	3
Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights, IL	1,086	985 101	908 77	883 25	854 29	232
Trinity International University-IllinoisDeerfield, IL	1,454	1,330 124	1,242 88	852 390	869 17	585
VanderCook College of MusicChicago, IL	313	252 61	263 11	340 77	323 17	10
Oak Point UniversityOak Brook, IL	753	566 187	429 137	451 22	-	-
Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, IL	7,490	7,455 35	7,643 188	7,073 570	6,332 741	1,158
Wheaton CollegeWheaton, IL	2,908	3,047 139	2,885 162	2,799 86	2,874 75	34
Northwestern CollegeOak Lawn, IL	462	474 12	514 40	464 50	-	-
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-SkokieSkokie, IL	56	52 4	46 6	39 7	30 9	26
Chamberlain University-IllinoisAddison, IL	29,481	27,744 1,737	26,687 1,057	28,897 2,210	32,944 4,047	3,463
Ambria College of NursingHoffman Estates, IL	229	249 20	211 38	195 16	123 72	106
DeVry University-IllinoisLisle, IL	20,832	22,994 2,162	26,384 3,390	29,346 2,962	31,296 1,950	10,464
Columbia College - Crystal Lake CampusCrystal Lake, IL	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia College - Lake CountyGurnee, IL	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia College - FreeportFreeport, IL	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia College - ElginElgin, IL	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average	5,700	5,720 21	5,672 49	5,750 78	6,200 450	500