Colleges and International Students in Illinois

Where international students come from

In 10/2026, Illinois had 62,658 active F and M students. The table lists the 15 largest countries and places of origin. STEM counts come from a separate SEVIS STEM table with a different basis, so for a few countries they exceed the total.

International STEM students by level and gender

In 10/2026, 44,742 international students in Illinois were in STEM fields, about 71% of the state's total; 63% men, 37% women

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security SEVIS STEM data (active F and M students in fields on the STEM list). Other includes language, vocational and secondary programs.

International students by year

From 2013 to 2025, international students grew 79% and their share of students went from 4.0% to 7.6%.

Where first-year students come from and go

In fall 2024, colleges in Illinois enrolled 76,626 first-year students from the state and 13,870 from other states; 34,938 first-year students from the state went to college elsewhere.

Colleges in Illinois

All 228 colleges recognized by the US Department of Education; counts are fall enrollment for the 2025 school year.

Rank	School	City	Type	Students	International	International share
#34	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign	Public, 4-year	59,238	13,350	22.5%
#9	University of Chicago	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	18,566	5,956	32.1%
#9	Northwestern University	Evanston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	23,856	5,238	22.0%
#121	Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	8,834	4,622	52.3%
#95	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	Public, 4-year	33,906	4,189	12.4%
#169	DePaul University	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	21,210	2,554	12.0%
—	LLewis University	Romeoville	Private nonprofit, 4-year	7,011	1,397	19.9%
—	SSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,394	987	29.1%
#308	Northern Illinois University	Dekalb	Public, 4-year	15,414	972	6.3%
—	UUniversity of Illinois Springfield	Springfield	Public, 4-year	4,628	957	20.7%
#353	Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville	Edwardsville	Public, 4-year	11,893	948	8.0%
#288	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	Carbondale	Public, 4-year	11,790	874	7.4%
#382	Roosevelt University	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	4,281	668	15.6%
—	EEastern Illinois University	Charleston	Public, 4-year	8,505	663	7.8%
—	CCollege of DuPage	Glen Ellyn	Public, 2-year	26,224	653	2.5%
—	WWestern Illinois University	Macomb	Public, 4-year	6,332	652	10.3%
#382	GGovernors State University	University Park	Public, 4-year	4,397	627	14.3%
#219	Illinois State University	Normal	Public, 4-year	21,546	613	2.8%
#121	Loyola University Chicago	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	17,384	545	3.1%
#382	National Louis University	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	8,915	536	6.0%
LAC #91	Augustana College	Rock Island	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,570	507	19.7%
—	OOakton College	Des Plaines	Public, 2-year	8,329	466	5.6%
LAC #62	Lake Forest College	Lake Forest	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,837	358	19.5%
—	EElmhurst University	Elmhurst	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,997	355	8.9%
#169	Bradley University	Peoria	Private nonprofit, 4-year	4,777	352	7.4%
—	CCollege of Lake County	Grayslake	Public, 2-year	12,530	321	2.6%
LAC #85	Knox College	Galesburg	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,136	304	26.8%
—	CColumbia College Chicago	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	5,570	282	5.1%
#382	CConcordia University-Chicago	River Forest	Private nonprofit, 4-year	4,770	279	5.8%
—	NNorth Park University	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,557	279	10.9%
—	MMidwestern Career College	Chicago	Private for-profit, 2-year	887	277	31.2%
—	IIllinois Central College	East Peoria	Public, 2-year	7,906	255	3.2%
—	JJudson University	Elgin	Private nonprofit, 4-year	960	209	21.8%
—	NNortheastern Illinois University	Chicago	Public, 4-year	5,734	208	3.6%
—	MMoody Bible Institute	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,202	208	9.4%
—	Trinity International University	Deerfield	Private nonprofit, 4-year	869	202	23.2%
LAC #57	Wheaton College (IL)	Wheaton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,874	194	6.8%
—	MMcKendree University	Lebanon	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,392	192	8.0%
—	WWilliam Rainey Harper College	Palatine	Public, 2-year	13,988	176	1.3%
—	PParkland College	Champaign	Public, 2-year	6,014	158	2.6%
#382	CChicago State University	Chicago	Public, 4-year	2,238	149	6.7%
—	CCity Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	6,121	147	2.4%
LAC #74	Principia College	Elsah	Private nonprofit, 4-year	339	139	41.0%
—	Elgin Community College	Elgin	Public, 2-year	10,251	137	1.3%
—	GGreenville University	Greenville	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,104	122	11.1%
—	TTriton College	River Grove	Public, 2-year	9,842	112	1.1%
—	TTaylor Business Institute	Chicago	Private for-profit, 2-year	115	110	95.7%
—	DDeVry University-Illinois	Lisle	Private for-profit, 4-year	31,296	109	0.3%
—	EEast-West University	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	468	109	23.3%
—	MMoraine Valley Community College	Palos Hills	Public, 2-year	11,296	108	1.0%
—	CCity Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	9,303	104	1.1%
—	NNorth Central College	Naperville	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,003	103	3.4%
—	Benedictine University	Lisle	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,917	98	3.4%
—	RRockford University	Rockford	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,241	94	7.6%
—	CCity Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	6,839	90	1.3%
—	IIllinois College of Optometry	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	474	89	18.8%
—	QQuincy University	Quincy	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,210	86	7.1%
—	TTrinity Christian College	Palos Heights	Private nonprofit, 4-year	854	85	10.0%
—	Illinois Wesleyan University	Bloomington	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,582	82	5.2%
—	CCity Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	7,798	81	1.0%
#382	CChamberlain University-Illinois	Addison	Private for-profit, 4-year	32,944	71	0.2%
—	HHeartland Community College	Normal	Public, 2-year	4,855	70	1.4%
—	MMillikin University	Decatur	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,586	70	4.4%
—	GGarrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary	Evanston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	313	70	22.4%
—	CCatholic Theological Union at Chicago	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	210	57	27.1%
—	OOlivet Nazarene University	Bourbonnais	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,339	56	1.7%
—	MMidwestern University-Downers Grove	Downers Grove	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,567	52	2.0%
—	HHighland Community College	Freeport	Public, 2-year	1,360	49	3.6%
—	TThe Chicago School at Chicago	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,100	48	4.4%
—	BBlack Hawk College	Moline	Public, 2-year	4,001	47	1.2%
#276	University of St. Francis	Joliet	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,074	44	1.4%
—	PPrairie State College	Chicago Heights	Public, 2-year	2,953	43	1.5%
—	KKankakee Community College	Kankakee	Public, 2-year	2,564	36	1.4%
—	IIllinois College	Jacksonville	Private nonprofit, 4-year	942	36	3.8%
—	TToyota Technological Institute at Chicago	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	39	33	84.6%
#262	Aurora University	Aurora	Private nonprofit, 4-year	5,923	31	0.5%
—	LLutheran School of Theology at Chicago	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	101	31	30.7%
—	SSt. Augustine College	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	810	30	3.7%
—	SSouthwestern Illinois College	Belleville	Public, 2-year	8,492	28	0.3%
—	RRock Valley College	Rockford	Public, 2-year	5,978	26	0.4%
—	RRush University	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,769	24	0.9%
—	RRosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science	North Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,021	23	1.1%
—	DDominican University	River Forest	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,803	20	0.5%
—	CCity Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	3,274	17	0.5%
—	CCity Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	6,296	15	0.2%
—	CCity Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	3,137	15	0.5%
—	VVanderCook College of Music	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	323	15	4.6%
—	PPacific College of Health and Science	Chicago	Private for-profit, 4-year	245	14	5.7%
—	JJohn A Logan College	Carterville	Public, 2-year	3,224	12	0.4%
—	KKishwaukee College	Malta	Public, 2-year	2,969	12	0.4%
—	NNational University of Health Sciences	Lombard	Private nonprofit, 4-year	511	10	2.0%
—	JJoliet Junior College	Joliet	Public, 2-year	14,414	9	0.1%
—	IIllinois Valley Community College	Oglesby	Public, 2-year	2,720	8	0.3%
—	UUniversity of Saint Mary of the Lake	Mundelein	Private nonprofit, 4-year	200	8	4.0%
—	MMcCormick Theological Seminary	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	125	8	6.4%
—	TTricoci University of Beauty Culture-Bridgeview	Bridgeview	—	470	7	1.5%
—	EEureka College	Eureka	Private nonprofit, 4-year	527	6	1.1%
—	LLake Forest Graduate School of Management	Lake Forest	Private nonprofit, 4-year	196	6	3.1%
—	MMcHenry County College	Crystal Lake	Public, 2-year	9,399	5	0.1%
—	HHebrew Theological College	Skokie	Private nonprofit, 4-year	182	5	2.7%
—	RRosel School of Cosmetology	Niles	—	55	5	9.1%
—	JJohn Wood Community College	Quincy	Public, 2-year	1,856	4	0.2%
—	SSauk Valley Community College	Dixon	Public, 2-year	1,467	4	0.3%
—	SSoutheastern Illinois College	Harrisburg	Public, 2-year	1,446	4	0.3%
—	MMonmouth College	Monmouth	Private nonprofit, 4-year	713	4	0.6%
—	CChicago Theological Seminary	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	215	4	1.9%
—	TTricoci University of Beauty Culture-Elgin	Elgin	—	138	4	2.9%
—	TTricoci University of Beauty Culture-Glendale Heights	Glendale Heights	—	132	4	3.0%
—	GG Skin & Beauty Institute	Schaumburg	—	490	3	0.6%
—	JJohn Amico School of Hair Design	Oak Forest	—	162	3	1.9%
—	AAmerican Islamic College	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	29	3	10.3%
—	RRichland Community College	Decatur	Public, 2-year	2,388	2	0.1%
—	AAdler University	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,631	2	0.1%
—	CCosmetology & Spa Academy	Crystal Lake	—	445	2	0.4%
—	TTricoci University of Beauty Culture-Chicago NW	Chicago	—	216	2	0.9%
—	DDanville Area Community College	Danville	Public, 2-year	2,297	1	0.0%
—	SSpoon River College	Canton	Public, 2-year	1,247	1	0.1%
—	UUniversal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc	Lisle	Private for-profit, 2-year	1,156	1	0.1%
—	EETI School of Skilled Trades	Willowbrook	—	443	1	0.2%
—	GG Skin & Beauty Institute	Oakbrook	—	337	1	0.3%
—	NNorthern Baptist Theological Seminary	Lisle	Private nonprofit, 4-year	315	1	0.3%
—	TTricoci University of Beauty Culture-Libertyville	Libertyville	—	162	1	0.6%
—	TTricoci University of Beauty Culture-Chicago NE	Chicago	—	160	1	0.6%
—	DDebutantes School of Cosmetology and Nail Technology	Dekalb	—	99	1	1.0%
—	SSpertus College	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	89	1	1.1%
—	BBexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	80	1	1.3%
—	MMeadville Theological School of Lombard College	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	62	1	1.6%
—	WWaubonsee Community College	Sugar Grove	Public, 2-year	8,305	0	0.0%
—	LLincoln Land Community College	Springfield	Public, 2-year	5,677	0	0.0%
—	LLewis and Clark Community College	Godfrey	Public, 2-year	4,606	0	0.0%
—	LLake Land College	Mattoon	Public, 2-year	3,960	0	0.0%
—	SSouth Suburban College	South Holland	Public, 2-year	3,818	0	0.0%
—	IIllinois Eastern Community Colleges	Olney	Public, 2-year	3,726	0	0.0%
—	KKaskaskia College	Centralia	Public, 2-year	3,669	0	0.0%
—	MMorton College	Cicero	Public, 2-year	3,562	0	0.0%
—	SSaint Xavier University	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,485	0	0.0%
—	RRend Lake College	Ina	Public, 2-year	2,015	0	0.0%
—	CCarl Sandburg College	Galesburg	Public, 2-year	1,603	0	0.0%
—	LLincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park	Melrose Park	Private for-profit, 2-year	1,539	0	0.0%
—	MMidwest Technical Institute-Illinois	Springfield	—	1,326	0	0.0%
—	SShawnee Community College	Ullin	Public, 2-year	1,156	0	0.0%
—	RRasmussen University-Illinois	Rockford	Private for-profit, 2-year	1,145	0	0.0%
—	SStautzenberger College-Rockford Career College	Rockford	Private for-profit, 2-year	682	0	0.0%
—	SSaint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing	Peoria	Private nonprofit, 4-year	605	0	0.0%
—	MMDT College of Health Sciences	Chicago	—	575	0	0.0%
—	BBlackburn College	Carlinville	Private nonprofit, 4-year	513	0	0.0%
—	CCapital Area Career Center	Springfield	—	353	0	0.0%
—	AAviation Institute of Maintenance-Chicago	Chicago	Private for-profit, 2-year	333	0	0.0%
—	GGenerations College	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 2-year	310	0	0.0%
—	EErikson Institute	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	297	0	0.0%
—	HHVAC Technical Institute	Chicago	—	285	0	0.0%
—	FFirst Institute of Travel, Inc.	Crystal Lake	—	278	0	0.0%
—	MMethodist College	Peoria	Private nonprofit, 4-year	267	0	0.0%
—	SSaint Anthony College of Nursing	Rockford	Private nonprofit, 4-year	263	0	0.0%
—	SSoma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage Therapy	Chicago	—	233	0	0.0%
—	FFox College	Tinley Park	Private for-profit, 2-year	200	0	0.0%
—	BBlessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences	Quincy	Private nonprofit, 4-year	193	0	0.0%
—	PPaul Mitchell the School-Tinley Park	Tinley Park	—	191	0	0.0%
—	SState Career College	Gurnee	—	185	0	0.0%
—	WWorsham College of Mortuary Science	Wheeling	Private for-profit, 2-year	183	0	0.0%
—	VVerve College	Oak Brook	—	176	0	0.0%
—	TTricoci University of Beauty Culture	Urbana	—	173	0	0.0%
—	TTricoci University of Beauty Culture-Normal	Normal	—	171	0	0.0%
—	TTricoci University of Beauty Culture-Rockford	Rockford	—	170	0	0.0%
—	UUniversity of Spa & Cosmetology Arts	Springfield	—	164	0	0.0%
—	PPaul Mitchell the School-Chicago	Chicago	—	160	0	0.0%
—	EEstelle Skin Care and Spa Institute	Skokie	—	141	0	0.0%
—	UUniversal Spa Training Academy	Downers Grove	—	139	0	0.0%
—	HHair Professionals School of Cosmetology	Oswego	—	136	0	0.0%
—	EEmpire Beauty School-Stone Park	Stone Park	—	136	0	0.0%
—	SSt. John's College	Springfield	Private nonprofit, 4-year	132	0	0.0%
—	TTricoci University of Beauty Culture-Peoria	Peoria	—	125	0	0.0%
—	AAmbria College of Nursing	Hoffman Estates	Private for-profit, 4-year	123	0	0.0%
—	IInstitute for Clinical Social Work	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	121	0	0.0%
—	TTrenz Beauty Academy	Calumet City	—	109	0	0.0%
—	PPivot Point Academy	Bloomingdale	—	103	0	0.0%
—	EEducators of Beauty College of Cosmetology-Rockford	Rockford	—	97	0	0.0%
—	CCAAN Academy of Nursing	Matteson	Private nonprofit, 2-year	96	0	0.0%
—	CChicago Professional Center	Prospect Heights	—	95	0	0.0%
—	TThe Aveda Institute of Beauty and Wellness Chicago	Chicago	—	93	0	0.0%
—	TTelshe Yeshiva-Chicago	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	91	0	0.0%
—	HHair Professionals Career College	Palos Hills	—	86	0	0.0%
—	CCALC Institute of Technology	Alton	—	83	0	0.0%
—	SStellar Career College	Chicago	—	83	0	0.0%
—	CCameo Beauty Academy	Oak Lawn	—	82	0	0.0%
—	EEndeavor Health School of Nurse Anesthesia-DePaul University	Evanston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	80	0	0.0%
—	CCapri Beauty College	New Lenox	—	75	0	0.0%
—	LLarry's Barber College	Chicago	—	68	0	0.0%
—	LLakeview College of Nursing	Danville	Private nonprofit, 4-year	66	0	0.0%
—	EEstelle Medical Academy	Skokie	—	66	0	0.0%
—	IIllinois Media School-Chicago Campus	Chicago	—	66	0	0.0%
—	TTrinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences	Rock Island	Private nonprofit, 4-year	65	0	0.0%
—	OOehrlein School of Cosmetology	East Peoria	—	65	0	0.0%
—	CCannella School of Hair Design-Chicago	Chicago	—	64	0	0.0%
—	SSteven Papageorge Hair Academy	Chicago	—	60	0	0.0%
—	MMorrison Institute of Technology	Morrison	Private nonprofit, 2-year	59	0	0.0%
—	EEducators of Beauty College of Cosmetology-Sterling	Sterling	—	59	0	0.0%
—	HHair Professionals Career College	Sycamore	—	55	0	0.0%
—	NNetworks Barber College	Calumet City	—	54	0	0.0%
—	PProfessional's Choice Hair Design Academy	Joliet	—	53	0	0.0%
—	UUniversity of Aesthetics & Cosmetology	Chicago	—	53	0	0.0%
—	EEducators of Beauty College of Cosmetology-Peru	PERU	—	52	0	0.0%
—	MMs Roberts Academy of Beauty Culture	Hillside	—	52	0	0.0%
—	PPaul Mitchell the School-Lombard	Lombard	—	52	0	0.0%
—	CCannella School of Hair Design-Villa Park	Villa Park	—	51	0	0.0%
—	EEmpire Beauty School-Vernon Hills	Vernon Hills	—	50	0	0.0%
—	GGem City College	Quincy	—	41	0	0.0%
—	GGraham Hospital School of Nursing	Canton	Private nonprofit, 2-year	40	0	0.0%
—	RReflections Academy of Beauty	Decatur	—	40	0	0.0%
—	TThe University of Aesthetics & Cosmetology	Downers Grove	—	39	0	0.0%
—	PPhipps Academy of Barbering	Richton Park	—	39	0	0.0%
—	CCareer Center of Southern Illinois	Red Bud	—	36	0	0.0%
—	CCapri Beauty College	Oak Forest	—	33	0	0.0%
—	IIllinois Media School	Chicago	—	32	0	0.0%
—	CCosmetology Concepts Niles	Niles	—	31	0	0.0%
—	MMidwest College of Oriental Medicine-Skokie	Skokie	Private for-profit, 4-year	30	0	0.0%
—	LLarry's Barber College	Chicago	—	29	0	0.0%
—	LLarry's Barber College-Joliet	Joliet	—	27	0	0.0%
—	AAmericare Technical School	Park Ridge	—	25	0	0.0%
—	CCreative Touch Cosmetology School	Waterloo	—	16	0	0.0%
—	II M Beauty School	Glenview	—	13	0	0.0%
—	CCity Colleges of Chicago-District Office	Chicago	—	0	0	—
—	DDeVry University-Administrative Office	Lisle	—	0	0	—
—	SSouthern Illinois University-System Office	Carbondale	—	0	0	—
—	UUniversity of Illinois System Offices	Urbana	—	0	0	—
—	CChamberlain University-Administrative Office	Chicago	—	0	0	—
—	NNorthwest Suburban College	Rollng Meadows	—	0	0	—
—	CChicago College of Oriental Medicine	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	0	0	—

College tuition in Illinois

Undergraduate tuition and fees at four-year colleges, 2025

Public and private nonprofit four-year colleges with at least 100 undergraduates. International students pay out-of-state tuition (private colleges charge everyone the same). Source: U.S. Department of Education.

Cities in Illinois