Of the 147 colleges in Illinois, 147 colleges offer online programs. By school type, there are 60 public and 87 private schools.

By offered degree, 132 schools offer undergraduate level programs and 75 schools offer graduate programs through online.

The 2024 average tuition & fees of the schools is $22,678 for undergraduate programs and $20,452 for graduate programs. Schools may offer "in-state" rate for Illinois residents.

A total of 161,796 students were in online degree programs or took online courses. It is 24.34% of total enrollment.

Illinois Online Schools Average Statistics

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

Illinois Online Schools Average Statistics (2023-2024)
Number of Online Schools147 Online Schools (60 public, 87 private)
Tuition & Fees$22,678 Undergraduate
$20,452 Graduate
Student PopulationTotal 664,707 (4,522 in average)
Online Student PopulationTotal 161,796 (1,101 in average)
Average Number of Online Programs Offered9
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 $43,455 1,841 507 29 9
American Academy of Art CollegeChicago, IL $39,510 - 111 1 8
American Islamic CollegeChicago, IL $7,650 $4,650 19 19 3 1
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL $54,530 $44,634 3,532 127 19
Augustana CollegeRock Island, IL $49,834 $34,660 2,349 - 76
Aurora UniversityAurora, IL $28,220 $15,363 5,918 1,615 68 1
Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, IL $6,210 - 7,188 1,322 118 3
Black Hawk CollegeMoline, IL $8,100 - 3,773 663 58 2
Blackburn CollegeCarlinville, IL $26,758 - 382 50 55
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health SciencesQuincy, IL $28,968 $27,830 167 26 5 2
Bradley UniversityPeoria, IL $39,680 $19,014 5,552 911 170 5
Carl Sandburg CollegeGalesburg, IL $8,810 - 1,688 520 43 1
Catholic Theological Union at ChicagoChicago, IL $23,232 $23,232 213 47 8 6
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at ChicagoChicago, IL $20,844 $26,136 1,296 91 18
Chicago State UniversityChicago, IL $12,754 $16,162 2,317 419 73
Chicago Theological SeminaryChicago, IL $26,448 $38,670 195 182 6 4
University of ChicagoChicago, IL $66,939 $66,543 18,339 28 214
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, IL $14,430 - 2,237 771 68
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 46
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 54
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
Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, IL $36,258 $10,782 5,354 3,582 169 80
Danville Area Community CollegeDanville, IL $9,200 - 1,924 277 75
DePaul UniversityChicago, IL $44,460 $22,525 20,917 4,119 321 1
College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, IL $12,510 - 21,939 4,910 198
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, IL $15,879 $22,695 8,857 1,382 105
Elgin Community CollegeElgin, IL $9,516 - 8,910 1,658 111
Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, IL $41,628 $34,037 3,731 611 114 14
First Institute of Travel, Inc.Crystal Lake, IL $17,025 - 274 - 3
Garrett-Evangelical Theological SeminaryEvanston, IL $23,625 $23,520 280 48 11
Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, IL $11,320 $10,072 4,427 1,448 85 1
Greenville UniversityGreenville, IL $30,598 $8,784 1,088 234 42 8
Hebrew Theological CollegeSkokie, IL $14,700 $5,550 160 11 14
Highland Community CollegeFreeport, IL $7,120 - 1,184 126 70
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceNorth Chicago, IL $33,207 $34,167 1,940 46 38 9
University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL $29,360 $28,641 33,747 4,049 282 12
Benedictine UniversityLisle, IL $34,290 $20,258 3,123 1,025 103 1
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL $34,501 $33,640 56,916 9,915 366 11
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, IL $55,704 - 1,527 - 49
Illinois Central CollegeEast Peoria, IL $11,700 - 7,044 1,523 121 3
Illinois CollegeJacksonville, IL $37,470 $9,200 1,029 81 48 2
Olney Central CollegeOlney, IL $12,340 - 869 118 47 4
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL $51,763 $33,810 6,943 1,012 150 7
Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL $28,086 $12,646 20,683 986 163
Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby, IL $14,981 - 2,371 285 71
Institute for Clinical Social WorkChicago, IL $26,750 $25,988 119 11 2
John A Logan CollegeCarterville, IL $7,540 - 3,272 294 72
John Wood Community CollegeQuincy, IL $9,000 - 1,718 477 57
Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, IL $13,800 - 10,212 2,243 160
Judson UniversityElgin, IL $30,910 $18,708 973 131 70 15
Kankakee Community CollegeKankakee, IL $25,680 - 2,333 268 85
Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, IL $12,570 - 3,370 445 107 1
Kishwaukee CollegeMalta, IL $13,800 - 2,581 495 65
College of Lake CountyGrayslake, IL $14,036 - 11,651 3,901 157
Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, IL $54,202 $16,212 1,753 - 42
Lake Forest Graduate School of ManagementLake Forest, IL - - 295 295 2 2
Lake Land CollegeMattoon, IL $13,906 - 3,742 508 109
Lakeview College of NursingDanville, IL $16,620 - 116 - 1
Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, IL $12,552 - 3,973 246 108
Lewis UniversityRomeoville, IL $37,882 $15,490 6,513 1,332 127 24
Lincoln Christian UniversityLincoln, IL $15,400 $9,910 258 95 29 2
Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield, IL $10,248 - 4,444 1,287 90 4
Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL $51,716 $22,305 16,899 2,215 337 5
Trinity College of Nursing & Health SciencesRock Island, IL $28,025 $32,398 101 6 4
Generations CollegeChicago, IL $12,700 - 303 265 6 4
McCormick Theological SeminaryChicago, IL $8,640 $9,410 162 12 5
McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, IL $14,885 - 8,874 1,134 93 7
McKendree UniversityLebanon, IL $34,070 $9,450 1,960 451 77 23
Meadville Theological School of Lombard CollegeChicago, IL - $27,414 69 22 4 1
Methodist CollegePeoria, IL $18,008 $15,762 456 41 14
Millikin UniversityDecatur, IL $43,670 $21,333 1,807 30 95 1
Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, IL $43,520 - 767 - 47
Moody Bible InstituteChicago, IL $15,356 $9,342 2,410 739 29 5
Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, IL $9,846 - 10,511 1,593 117 10
Morton CollegeCicero, IL $11,028 - 3,753 384 46
National Louis UniversityChicago, IL $12,345 $12,225 7,525 3,948 89 33
National University of Health SciencesLombard, IL $22,450 $27,801 498 25 8 1
North Central CollegeNaperville, IL $44,394 $15,822 2,695 143 117
North Park UniversityChicago, IL $35,325 $16,191 2,660 247 87 3
Northern Baptist Theological SeminaryLisle, IL $13,635 $14,135 374 - 10
Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, IL $12,700 $9,090 15,649 2,208 162
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL $65,997 $53,871 23,161 1,123 435 12
Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, IL $22,726 $18,217 5,756 2,079 79
Oakton Community CollegeDes Plaines, IL $12,462 - 7,645 2,078 122
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, IL $37,940 $10,957 3,255 833 107 21
Parkland CollegeChampaign, IL $13,266 - 5,686 1,087 124
Prairie State CollegeChicago Heights, IL $11,064 - 2,680 517 81
Principia CollegeElsah, IL $33,280 - 323 - 38
Quincy UniversityQuincy, IL $35,740 $11,475 1,307 107 55
Rend Lake CollegeIna, IL $7,800 - 2,017 164 93
Richland Community CollegeDecatur, IL $17,070 - 2,075 356 105 4
Rock Valley CollegeRockford, IL $21,344 - 5,861 1,197 76
Rockford UniversityRockford, IL $37,300 $14,060 1,181 155 56
Roosevelt UniversityChicago, IL $20,280 $23,094 3,725 536 167 3
Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, IL $37,844 $19,500 3,196 260 101 3
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 94 29
St. John's College-Department of NursingSpringfield, IL $25,466 $17,228 94 8 3
Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, IL $36,840 $15,410 3,523 267 103 7
University of Illinois SpringfieldSpringfield, IL $22,017 $19,246 4,198 1,954 70 41
Sauk Valley Community CollegeDixon, IL $12,840 - 1,386 195 43 1
Shawnee Community CollegeUllin, IL $7,500 - 1,174 148 45 4
University of Saint Mary of the LakeMundelein, IL $33,940 $33,334 204 26 6
Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburg, IL $6,540 - 1,379 233 45
Spertus CollegeChicago, IL $19,400 $20,900 99 50 3
Spoon River CollegeCanton, IL $12,540 - 1,212 414 37
Saint Anthony College of NursingRockford, IL $27,811 $18,987 242 3 4
Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, IL $13,244 $31,050 11,107 1,883 261 29
Southern Illinois University-EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, IL $12,922 $10,102 12,519 1,951 121 12
South Suburban CollegeSouth Holland, IL $12,683 - 3,905 571 85
Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights, IL $20,325 $15,073 908 - 64
Trinity International University-IllinoisDeerfield, IL $12,320 $18,520 1,242 228 70 3
Triton CollegeRiver Grove, IL $14,880 - 8,616 1,202 95 2
VanderCook College of MusicChicago, IL $30,910 $7,995 263 138 2
Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove, IL $12,330 - 7,491 1,398 104 10
Oak Point UniversityOak Brook, IL $24,440 $8,000 429 53 8
Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, IL $14,952 $13,290 7,643 1,807 126 32
Wheaton CollegeWheaton, IL $43,930 $19,440 2,885 57 59
William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, IL $11,802 - 12,434 2,714 116
Northwestern CollegeOak Lawn, IL $18,475 - 514 263 8 4
Worsham College of Mortuary ScienceWheeling, IL $24,800 - 190 140 2
Heartland Community CollegeNormal, IL $15,420 - 4,774 1,027 41 6
Frontier Community CollegeFairfield, IL $12,340 - 1,740 169 47 4
Lincoln Trail CollegeRobinson, IL $12,340 - 636 58 40 5
Wabash Valley CollegeMount Carmel, IL $12,340 - 926 120 46 4
Erikson InstituteChicago, IL $19,988 $20,588 331 154 6 1
Illinois Media SchoolLombard, IL $18,870 - 26 - 5
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-SkokieSkokie, IL $18,666 $20,290 46 - 3
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
Soma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage TherapyChicago, IL $14,315 - 284 25 2 1
Rasmussen University-IllinoisRockford, IL $13,546 $4,726 2,475 1,172 68
Chamberlain University-IllinoisAddison, IL $20,604 $14,900 26,687 24,119 20 18
Ambria College of NursingHoffman Estates, IL $38,185 - 211 - 3 1
Midwestern Career CollegeChicago, IL $17,320 - 676 93 18 6
Illinois Media School-Chicago CampusChicago, IL $19,170 - 105 - 5
State Career CollegeGurnee, IL $13,450 - 55 54 4 2
DeVry University-IllinoisNaperville, IL $17,488 $17,552 26,384 25,465 49 47
Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career CollegeRockford, IL $16,699 - 473 134 27 13
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$22,678 $20,452 4,522 1,101 70.4966 9.3099