List of colleges and universities in Chicago



The following is a list of colleges and universities in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Public institutions

 * City Colleges of Chicago
 * Harold Washington College
 * Kennedy–King College
 * Malcolm X College
 * Olive–Harvey College
 * Richard J. Daley College
 * Truman College
 * Wilbur Wright College
 * College of DuPage (Glen Ellyn, Illinois)
 * College of Lake County (Grayslake, Illinois)
 * Elgin Community College (Elgin, Illinois)
 * Harper College (Palatine, Illinois)
 * Joliet Junior College (Joliet, Illinois)
 * McHenry County College (Crystal Lake, Illinois)
 * Moraine Valley Community College (Palos Hills, Illinois)
 * Morton College (Cicero, Illinois)
 * Oakton College (Des Plaines and Skokie, Illinois)
 * Prairie State College (Chicago Heights, Illinois)
 * South Suburban College (South Holland, Illinois)
 * Triton College (River Grove, Illinois)
 * Waubonsee Community College (Sugar Grove, Illinois)

Private institutions

 * MacCormac College (Chicago, Illinois)

Colleges granting bachelor's degrees and above

 * American Academy of Art (Chicago)
 * Columbia College Chicago (Chicago)
 * Hebrew Theological College (Skokie, Illinois)
 * Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)
 * Moody Bible Institute (Chicago)
 * North Central College (Naperville, Illinois)
 * St. Augustine College (Chicago)
 * School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago)
 * Telshe Yeshiva (Chicago)
 * Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, Illinois)
 * VanderCook College of Music (Chicago)
 * Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois)

Public institutions

 * Chicago State University (Chicago)
 * Governors State University (University Park, Illinois)
 * Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago)
 * Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois)
 * University of Illinois Chicago (Chicago)

Private institutions

 * Aurora University (Aurora, Illinois)
 * Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois)
 * Concordia University Chicago (River Forest, Illinois)
 * DePaul University (Chicago)
 * Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois)
 * East–West University (Chicago)
 * Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Illinois)
 * Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois)
 * Judson University (Elgin, Illinois)
 * Kendall College (Chicago)
 * Lewis University (Romeoville, Illinois)
 * Loyola University Chicago (Chicago)
 * Midwestern University (Downers Grove, Illinois)
 * National Louis University (Chicago)
 * National University of Health Sciences (Lombard, Illinois)
 * North Park University (Chicago)
 * Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois and Chicago)
 * Roosevelt University (Chicago)
 * Saint Xavier University (Chicago)
 * Trinity International University (Deerfield, Illinois)
 * University of Chicago (Chicago)
 * University of St. Francis (Joliet, Illinois)
 * University of Saint Mary of the Lake (Mundelein, Illinois)

Business

 * Booth School of Business (Chicago)
 * Kellogg School of Management (Chicago, Evanston, Miami)
 * Kellstadt Graduate School of Business (Chicago)
 * Quinlan School of Business (Chicago)
 * Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (Lake Forest, Illinois)
 * Liautaud Graduate School of Business (Chicago, public)
 * Stuart School of Business (Chicago)

Law

 * Chicago-Kent College of Law (Chicago)
 * DePaul University College of Law (Chicago)
 * Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Chicago)
 * Northern Illinois University College of Law (DeKalb, public)
 * Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (Chicago)
 * UIC John Marshall Law School (Chicago, public)
 * University of Chicago Law School (Chicago)

Medical, dental and healthcare

 * Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (Chicago)
 * Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago)
 * Illinois College of Optometry (Chicago)
 * Midwestern University (Downers Grove)
 * Pritzker School of Medicine (Chicago)
 * Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (North Chicago, Illinois)
 * Rush University (Chicago)
 * Stritch School of Medicine (Maywood)
 * UIC College of Pharmacy (Chicago, public)
 * University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry (Chicago, public)
 * University of Illinois College of Medicine (Chicago, public)

Religious and theological

 * Bexley Seabury (Chicago)
 * Catholic Theological Union (Chicago)
 * Chicago Theological Seminary (Chicago)
 * Christian Life College (Mount Prospect, IL)
 * Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary (Evanston, Illinois)
 * Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Chicago)
 * McCormick Theological Seminary (Chicago)
 * Meadville Lombard Theological School (Chicago)
 * North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago)
 * Northern Seminary (Lisle, Illinois)
 * Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership (Chicago)

Social science

 * Adler University (Chicago)
 * The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Chicago)
 * Erikson Institute (Chicago)
 * Institute for Clinical Social Work (Chicago)

Technology and other areas

 * Knowledge Systems Institute (Skokie)
 * Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (Chicago)

For-profit

 * American InterContinental University (Schaumburg)
 * Chamberlain University (Addison)
 * Coyne College (Chicago)
 * DeVry University (Chicago)
 * Fox College (Bedford Park and Tinley Park)
 * Illinois Media School (Chicago, Lombard)
 * Midwest College of Oriental Medicine (Chicago)
 * Northwestern College (Chicago, Bridgeview)
 * Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (Chicago)
 * Rasmussen University (Aurora, Mokena, Romeoville)
 * Taylor Business Institute (Chicago)
 * Universal Technical Institute (Lisle)
 * University of Phoenix (Schaumburg)

Defunct

 * American Conservatory of Music (1886–1991, Chicago)
 * Argosy University (2001–2019, Chicago, Schaumburg)
 * Barat College (1858–2005, Lake Forest, Illinois)
 * Bush Conservatory of Music (1901–1932, Chicago)
 * Central YMCA College (1922–1945, Chicago)
 * The Chicago Conservatory College (1857–1981, Chicago)
 * Chicago Technical College (1904–1977, Chicago)
 * Evanston College for Ladies (1871–1873, Evanston, Illinois), merged with Northwestern University in 1873
 * Everest College (Bedford Park, Burr Ridge, Melrose Park, Merrionette Park, North Aurora, Skokie)
 * Flashpoint Chicago (2007–2022, Chicago)
 * George Williams College (1890–2000), merged its Wisconsin campus into Aurora University
 * Harrington College of Design (1931–2015, Chicago)
 * Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago (1916–2018, Chicago)
 * Illinois Institute of Art – Schaumburg (1983–2018, Schaumburg)
 * Illinois Technical College (1950–1992, Chicago)
 * International Academy of Design & Technology – Schaumburg (1977–2015)
 * ITT Technical Institute (1969–2016, Arlington Heights, Oak Brook, Orland Park)
 * La Salle Extension University (1908–1982, Chicago)
 * Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago (1983–2017, Chicago)
 * Lexington College (1977–2014, Chicago)
 * Mallinckrodt College (1916–1991, Wilmette), merged with Loyola University Chicago
 * Mundelein College (1930–1991, Chicago) merged with Loyola University of Chicago
 * Old University of Chicago (1856–1886, Chicago)
 * Robert Morris University Illinois (1913–2020, Chicago), merged into Roosevelt University in 2020
 * Sanford–Brown (1920–2017, Chicago)
 * Shimer College (1853–2017, Mount Carroll, Waukegan, Chicago), merged with North Central College in Naperville in 2017
 * Solex College (1995–2018, Chicago, Wheeling)
 * Westwood College (1953–2016, Calumet City, Chicago, Woodridge)