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Largest environmental studies programs in Illinois
Illinois environmental studies 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 | University of Chicago | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 35 |
| 2 | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb | Public, 4-year | 27 |
| 3 | DePaul University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 19 |
| 4 | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 19 |
| 5 | Lake Forest College | Lake Forest | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 16 |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Carbondale | Public, 4-year | 15 |
| 7 | Augustana College | Rock Island | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 9 |
| 8 | Illinois Wesleyan University | Bloomington | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 9 |
| 9 | Aurora University | Aurora | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 8 |
| 10 | North Central College | Naperville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 8 |
| 11 | Illinois College | Jacksonville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 7 |
| 12 | Northeastern Illinois University | Chicago | Public, 4-year | 6 |
| 13 | Elmhurst University | Elmhurst | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 5 |
| 14 | Knox College | Galesburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 5 |
| 15 | University of Illinois Springfield | Springfield | Public, 4-year | 5 |
| 16 | Eureka College | Eureka | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 17 | McKendree University | Lebanon | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 18 | Millikin University | Decatur | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
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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