Illinois Colleges with the Most Online Enrollment

In Illinois, 86,239 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students increased by 3,215 from last year.

Chamberlain University-Illinois has the most online students of 30,257 out of 32,944.00 total students (91.84%) among 43 Illinois colleges that offer online programs.

DeVry University-Illinois with 30,160 online students and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with 9,212 online students are following it in Largest Online Illinois Colleges ranking.

Chamberlain University-Illinois ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. DeVry University-Illinois ranked second, a drop from first place last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,332 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,469 for the academic year 2024-2025.

At these Largest Online Illinois Colleges, the average acceptance rate is 80.70%, and the average SAT score is 1,148, making them not only cost-effective but also accessible options for a wide range of students.

Comparison between Largest Online Illinois Colleges

Table. Largest Online Illinois Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduateGraduateMenWomenUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
1		Chamberlain University-Illinois Addison, ILPrivate, 4-year 30,257
3,900		32,94414,04118,9033,42829,516$21,536
2
1		DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, ILPrivate, 4-year 30,160
1,915		31,29628,0463,25010,29121,005$17,008
3
-		University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, 4-year 9,212
215		59,23837,14022,09831,82527,413$40,096
($18,267)
4
-		National Louis University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 5,148
629		8,9154,4714,4441,9616,954$13,245
5
-		University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 4,153
238		33,90622,49511,41114,99418,912$32,009
($15,949)
6
-		Concordia University-Chicago River Forest, ILPrivate, 4-year 3,135
396		4,7701,3683,4021,7633,007$37,488
7
-		DePaul University Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 2,424
542		21,21014,1887,0229,46411,746$45,405
8
2		Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, ILPublic, 4-year 2,272
265		11,7908,5533,2375,5416,249$13,334
($13,334)
9
1		Northern Illinois University Dekalb, ILPublic, 4-year 2,197
-		15,41411,3484,0666,9608,454$13,060
($13,060)
10
1		University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, ILPublic, 4-year 2,191
30		4,6282,3092,3192,1782,450$20,139
($12,557)
Average9,11522,41114,3968,0158,84113,571$25,332
($14,633)