# List of colleges and universities in Chicago

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

## Community and junior colleges
### 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)

## Universities and graduate schools
### 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)

### Programs, graduate- and professional-only
#### 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)
* University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (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)