Northwestern University is the largest private Illinois college with 23,161 students. The percentage of online students is 4.85% at the school.

DePaul University with 20,917 students and University of Chicago with 18,339 students are following it in the largetst Illinois college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Illinois online colleges.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest Illinois Private Colleges With Most Students

Northwestern University is the largest school with 23,161 students and DePaul University has the second largest population with 20,917 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

Northwestern University stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. DePaul University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $46,081 and graduate tuition & fees is $28,542 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 62.53% and the average SAT score is 1,255 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 71.20% and the students to faculty ratio is 13 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest Illinois Private Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Illinois Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year 23,161
248
8,99314,16810,71112,4501,1236 to 1
2
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DePaul University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 20,917
753
14,1346,7839,26111,6564,11917 to 1
3
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University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 18,339
493
7,59510,7449,9258,414285 to 1
4
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Loyola University Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 16,899
599
11,7035,1965,28111,6182,21513 to 1
5
1
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 6,943
457
3,1253,8184,3962,5471,01213 to 1
6
1
Columbia College Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 6,646
90
6,4242222,6374,0096915 to 1
7
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Lewis University Romeoville, ILPrivate, 4-year 6,513
330
3,9332,5803,2623,2511,33214 to 1
8
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Aurora University Aurora, ILPrivate, 4-year 5,918
247
4,0481,8701,6934,2251,61518 to 1
9
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Bradley University Peoria, ILPrivate, 4-year 5,552
36
4,1431,4092,4773,07591112 to 1
10
3
Elmhurst University Elmhurst, ILPrivate, 4-year 3,731
213
3,0277041,4212,31061113 to 1
Average11,4626,7134,7495,1066,3561,30413 to 1