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Largest educational leadership and administration programs in Illinois
Illinois educational leadership and administration 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 | Concordia University-Chicago | River Forest | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 254 |
| 2 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Edwardsville | Public, 4-year | 119 |
| 3 | National Louis University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 88 |
| 4 | Eastern Illinois University | Charleston | Public, 4-year | 68 |
| 5 | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb | Public, 4-year | 58 |
| 6 | Roosevelt University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 47 |
| 7 | Aurora University | Aurora | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 46 |
| 8 | Northeastern Illinois University | Chicago | Public, 4-year | 45 |
| 9 | Illinois State University | Normal | Public, 4-year | 36 |
| 10 | University of St Francis | Joliet | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 32 |
| 11 | Lewis University | Romeoville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 23 |
| 12 | North Central College | Naperville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 22 |
| 13 | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 21 |
| 14 | Chicago State University | Chicago | Public, 4-year | 20 |
| 15 | DePaul University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 19 |
| 16 | Governors State University | University Park | Public, 4-year | 17 |
| 17 | University of Illinois Springfield | Springfield | Public, 4-year | 15 |
| 18 | Western Illinois University | Macomb | Public, 4-year | 15 |
| 19 | North Park University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 13 |
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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