2023 Best Schools in Illinois
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The Best Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 33 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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Top Schools in Illinois
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Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois for students working on their degree.
The excellent programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Illinois.
Out of the 33 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 3 spot on the list.
The excellent programs at University of St Francis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Illinois.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great place for students.
Olivet Nazarene University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Schools in Illinois list.
With a ranking of #7, Bradley University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working.
Aurora University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Schools in Illinois list.
Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #9 on this year’s Best Schools in Illinois list.
Loyola University Chicago came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Schools in Illinois ranking.
Lewis University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Schools in Illinois ranking.
Dominican University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Schools in Illinois ranking.
With a ranking of #13, Elmhurst University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working.
Concordia University, Chicago came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Schools in Illinois ranking.
Benedictine University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Schools in Illinois list.
University of Illinois at Chicago ranked #16 on this year’s Best Schools in Illinois list.
DePaul University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Schools in Illinois ranking.
National Louis University landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best programs.
With a ranking of #19, Northern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working.
With a ranking of #20, Eastern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working.
With a ranking of #21, Western Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students. It came in at #22 on the list.
Roosevelt University landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best programs.
With a ranking of #24, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working.
McKendree University landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best programs.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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