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Largest cybersecurity programs in Illinois
Illinois cybersecurity programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DePaul University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 105 |
| 2 | Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Public, 2-year | 94 |
| 3 | Illinois State University | Normal | Public, 4-year | 77 |
| 4 | Lewis University | Romeoville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 69 |
| 5 | City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 62 |
| 6 | Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills | Public, 2-year | 61 |
| 7 | University of Illinois Springfield | Springfield | Public, 4-year | 58 |
| 8 | Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 39 |
| 9 | Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | Public, 2-year | 28 |
| 10 | City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 27 |
| 11 | Illinois Valley Community College | Oglesby | Public, 2-year | 22 |
| 12 | City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 21 |
| 13 | City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 21 |
| 14 | College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | Public, 2-year | 20 |
| 15 | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 13 |
| 16 | John A Logan College | Carterville | Public, 2-year | 10 |
| 17 | Spoon River College | Canton | Public, 2-year | 10 |
| 18 | Aurora University | Aurora | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 9 |
| 19 | Kaskaskia College | Centralia | Public, 2-year | 8 |
| 20 | Morton College | Cicero | Public, 2-year | 8 |
| 21 | Rend Lake College | Ina | Public, 2-year | 8 |
| 22 | Rock Valley College | Rockford | Public, 2-year | 8 |
| 23 | Triton College | River Grove | Public, 2-year | 8 |
| 24 | Waubonsee Community College | Sugar Grove | Public, 2-year | 8 |
| 25 | Olivet Nazarene University | Bourbonnais | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 7 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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