What are the most popular Universities in Illinois? uniRank tries to answer this question by publishing the 2020 Illinois University Ranking of 74 recognized Illinois higher-education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:
Our aim is to provide a non-academic League Table of the top Illinois Universities based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves.
| Rank | University | Town |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Chicago | Chicago |
| 2 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign ... |
| 3 | Northwestern University | Evanston ... |
| 4 | University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago ... |
| 5 | DePaul University | Chicago |
| 6 | Northern Illinois University | DeKalb |
| 7 | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago |
| 8 | Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Carbondale ... |
| 10 | Illinois State University | Normal |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Edwardsville ... |
| 12 | Wheaton College | Wheaton |
| 13 | Eastern Illinois University | Charleston |
| 14 | Western Illinois University | Macomb ... |
| 15 | DeVry University | Chicago ... |
| 16 | Bradley University | Peoria |
| 17 | Columbia College Chicago | Chicago |
| 18 | University of Illinois at Springfield | Springfield ... |
| 19 | Elmhurst College | Elmhurst |
| 20 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago |
| 21 | Roosevelt University | Chicago ... |
| 22 | Illinois Wesleyan University | Bloomington |
| 23 | Northeastern Illinois University | Chicago |
| 24 | Augustana College | Rock Island |
| 25 | Knox College | Galesburg ... |
| 26 | North Central College | Naperville ... |
| 27 | Olivet Nazarene University | Bourbonnais |
| 28 | Lewis University | Romeoville |
| 29 | Chicago State University | Chicago |
| 30 | Benedictine University | Lisle |
| 31 | Midwestern University | Downers Grove ... |
| 32 | National Louis University | Chicago ... |
| 33 | Lake Forest College | Lake Forest |
| 34 | Dominican University | River Forest |
| 35 | Rush University | Chicago |
| 36 | Governors State University | University Park |
| 37 | Aurora University | Aurora ... |
| 38 | University of St. Francis | Joliet |
| 39 | Saint Xavier University | Chicago |
| 40 | McKendree University | Lebanon |
| 41 | Moody Bible Institute | Chicago |
| 42 | Trinity International University | Deerfield ... |
| 43 | Quincy University | Quincy |
| 44 | Greenville University | Greenville |
| 45 | Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science | North Chicago |
| 46 | Concordia University Chicago | River Forest |
| 47 | Chamberlain University | Addison ... |
| 48 | National University of Health Sciences | Lombard ... |
| 49 | Illinois College | Jacksonville |
| 50 | Adler University | Chicago ... |
| 51 | MacMurray College | Jacksonville |
| 52 | Judson University | Elgin ... |
| 53 | Trinity Christian College | Palos Heights |
| 54 | Eureka College | Eureka ... |
| 55 | Monmouth College | Monmouth |
| 56 | Blackburn College | Carlinville |
| 57 | Principia College | Elsah |
| 58 | Rockford University | Rockford ... |
| 59 | North Park University | Chicago |
| 60 | Lincoln Christian University | Lincoln |
| 61 | Millikin University | Decatur |
| 62 | Lake Forest Graduate School of Management | Lake Forest |
| 63 | VanderCook College of Music | Chicago |
| 64 | Lincoln College | Lincoln |
| 65 | Illinois College of Optometry | Chicago |
| 66 | East-West University | Chicago |
| 67 | Saint Augustine College | Chicago |
| 68 | Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Quincy |
| 69 | Methodist College | Peoria |
| 70 | Lakeview College of Nursing | Danville |
| 71 | Resurrection University | Chicago |
| 72 | Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences | Rock Island |
| Un | Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | Peoria |
| Un | Saint Anthony College of Nursing | Rockford |
