Explore a comprehensive editor compiled list of accredited 4-year colleges and universities located in the state of Illinois. To find a college or university in a specific city within Illinois please make your selection from the cities section below.
- Argosy University
- Augustana College
- Aurora University
- Benedictine University
- Blackburn College
- Bradley University
- Chicago State University
- College of DuPage
- Columbia College
- Concordia University-River Forest
- DePaul University
- DeVry University-Chicago
- Dominican University
- East-West University
- Eastern Illinois University
- Elmhurst College
- Eureka College
- Governors State University
- Greenville College
- Illinois College
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Illinois State University
- Illinois Wesleyan University
- Judson University
- Kendall College
- Knox College
- Lake Forest College
- Lakeview College of Nursing
- Lewis University
- Lincoln Christian University
- Loyola University Chicago
- McKendree College
- MacMurray College
- Millikin University
- Monmouth College
- Moody Bible Institute
- National University of Health Sciences
- National-Louis University
- North Central College
- North Park University
- Northeastern Illinois University
- Northern Illinois University
- Northwestern University
- Olivet Nazarene University
- Principia College
- Quincy University
- Robert Morris College
- Rockford College
- Roosevelt University
- Rush University
- Saint Anthony College of Nursing
- St. Xavier University
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Shimer College
- Southern Illinois University System
- Trinity Christian College
- Trinity International University
- University of Chicago
- University of Illinois System
- University of St. Francis
- Western Illinois University
- Wheaton College
Search accredited 4-year Illinois colleges and universities by cities.
- Aurora
- Bloomington
- Bourbonnais
- Carbondale
- Carlinville
- Champaign
- Charleston
- Chicago
- Danville
- Decatur
- Deerfield
- DeKalb
- Edwardsville
- Elgin
- Elmhurst
- Elsah
- Eureka
- Evanston
- Galesburg
- Glen Ellyn
- Greenville College
- Jacksonville
- Joliet
- Lake Forest
- Lebanon
- Lincoln
- Lisle
- Lombard
- Macomb
- Monmouth
- Naperville
- Normal
- Palos Heights
- Peoria
- Quincy
- River Forest
- Rock Island
- Rockford
- Romeoville
- Springfield
- University Park
- Wheaton