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TOP #31 COLLEGE

Universal Technical Institute Of Illinois Inc

Lisle, IL

Career and Technical

Universal Technical Institute Of Illinois Inc is a career and technical school. This college is located in a suburban setting. It offers certificate degrees.

Net price $21,724

TOP #32 COLLEGE

Tricoci University Of Beauty Culture Bridgeview

Bridgeview, IL

Less than 2-year

Tricoci University Of Beauty Culture Bridgeview is a less than 2-year, career and technical school. This college is located in a suburban setting. It offers certificate degrees.

Net price $14,868

TOP #33 COLLEGE

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, IL

4-year

Located in the heart of downtown Chicago's Cultural Mile, Columbia College Chicago is a private, nonprofit college offering a distinctive curriculum that blends creative and media arts, liberal arts, and business for nearly 6,700 students in more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Dedicated to academic excellence and long-term career success, Columbia College Chicago creates a dynamic, challenging, and collaborative space for students who see the world through a creative lens. Complex problem-solvi...

Acceptance rate 10%

Net price $25,262

SAT range 950 - 1180

TOP #34 COLLEGE

University Of Aesthetics And Cosmetology

Downers Grove, IL

Less than 2-year

University Of Aesthetics And Cosmetology is a less than 2-year, career and technical school. This college is located in a suburban setting. It offers certificate degrees.

Net price $16,332

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TOP #35 COLLEGE

Aurora University

Aurora, IL

4-year

Founded in 1893, Aurora University is a private, co-educational, independent university nestled in a residential neighborhood in Aurora, IL, the state's second-largest city. AU's 4,000 undergraduate students choose from more than 50 majors and minors, including programs in business, criminal justice, education, nursing, social work, and the liberal arts. Students receive personal attention and individualized instruction from dedicated and experienced professors who help them to discover what matters and build their...

Acceptance rate 82%

Net price $17,410

SAT range 900 - 1170

TOP #36 COLLEGE

City Colleges of Chicago: Kennedy-King College

Chicago, IL

2-year

City Colleges of Chicago: Kennedy-King College is a 2-year, public college of art. This coed college is located in an urban setting and is primarily a commuter campus. It offers certificate and associate degrees.

Net price $5,313

TOP #37 COLLEGE

Prairie State College

Chicago Heights, IL

2-year

Prairie State College is a 2-year, public college of art. This coed college is located in a suburban setting and is primarily a commuter campus. It offers certificate and associate degrees.

Net price $7,059

TOP #38 COLLEGE

University Of Illinois Springfield

Springfield, IL

4-year

We're proud to be one of three universities in the world-class University of Illinois System. Every year, approximately 4,000 students enroll here to earn a U of I degree - where classes aren't too big or too small, and professors really know their students. We have over 50 years of empowering leaders and look forward to having you join us. We are dedicated to fully engaging students in the process of active teaching and learning, and offer degree-granting programs in four colleges.

Acceptance rate 82%

Net price $11,965

SAT range 998 - 1200

TOP #39 COLLEGE

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL

4-year

Illinois Institute of Technology, also known as Illinois Tech, is a private, technology-focused research university. Based in the global metropolis of Chicago, Illinois Tech is the only university of its kind in the city. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, architecture, business, design, human sciences, applied technology, and law. One of 22 institutions that comprise the Association of Independent Technological Universities (AITU), Illinois Tech provides an exceptional education ...

Acceptance rate 61%

Net price $26,789

SAT range 1230 - 1390

TOP #40 COLLEGE

Generations College

Chicago, IL

2-year

Generations College is a 2-year, private culinary school. This coed college is located in an urban setting and is primarily a commuter campus. It offers associate degrees.

Net price $18,101

TOP #41 COLLEGE

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

4-year

Lewis University is a comprehensive, Catholic university where the traditions of liberal learning and preparation for professional life give the university its educational identity and mission focus. Lewis provides distinctive undergraduate and graduate programs to approximately 6,600 traditional and adult students with more than 80 undergraduate majors and programs of study, 37 graduate programs, two doctoral programs, and accelerated programs for working adults offered through the Colleges of Aviation, Science, a...

Acceptance rate 74%

Net price $18,312

SAT range 1020 - 1200

TOP #42 COLLEGE

Judson University

Elgin, IL

4-year

Judson University is an evangelical Christian university providing a liberal arts education that equips students to be fully developed, responsible persons who glorify God by the quality of their personal relationships, their work and their citizenship within the community, the nation and the world. With a beautiful wooded campus just 40 miles from Chicago, Judson's small, close-knit community has access to hundreds of cultural events and activities. Students receive close personal attention from highly skilled fac...

Acceptance rate 59%

Net price $18,266

SAT range 920 - 1130

TOP #43 COLLEGE

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

4-year

Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has broken with tradition and forged new paths that have led to new schools of thought, to fundamental paradigm shifts, to an academic experience that is transformative for students and scholars, and to breakthroughs and initiatives that are addressing the world's most pressing issues. The University of Chicago is one of the world's preeminent research universities and has long been committed to open, rigorous, and intense inquiry and pedagogy. The work of its f...

Acceptance rate 5%

Net price $33,727

SAT range 1510 - 1560

TOP #44 COLLEGE

St John's College

Springfield, IL

4-year

St. John's College in Springfield, IL offers two master's degree programs and upper division baccalaureate nursing degree programs for students who have completed the prerequisite liberal arts and science courses at any accredited college or university.

TOP #45 COLLEGE

Heartland Community College

Normal, IL

2-year

Heartland Community College is a two-year comprehensive community college serving a district population of 230,000.

Acceptance rate 100%

Net price $9,465

SAT range 860 - 1070