Federal data
Largest registered nursing programs in Illinois
Illinois registered nursing 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 | Chamberlain University | Addison | For-profit, 4-year | 9,802 |
| 2 | Rasmussen University | Rockford | For-profit, 2-year | 691 |
| 3 | University of Illinois Chicago | Chicago | Public, 4-year | 367 |
| 4 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Edwardsville | Public, 4-year | 331 |
| 5 | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 322 |
| 6 | Illinois State University | Normal | Public, 4-year | 253 |
| 7 | Elmhurst University | Elmhurst | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 219 |
| 8 | Aurora University | Aurora | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 192 |
| 9 | Methodist College | Peoria | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 181 |
| 10 | City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 178 |
| 11 | DePaul University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 155 |
| 12 | Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | Peoria | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 139 |
| 13 | University of St Francis | Joliet | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 129 |
| 14 | Saint Xavier University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 126 |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb | Public, 4-year | 124 |
| 16 | Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Public, 2-year | 112 |
| 17 | Lincoln Land Community College | Springfield | Public, 2-year | 111 |
| 18 | McKendree University | Lebanon | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 96 |
| 19 | Bradley University | Peoria | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 91 |
| 20 | Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | Public, 2-year | 86 |
| 21 | College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | Public, 2-year | 86 |
| 22 | Parkland College | Champaign | Public, 2-year | 85 |
| 23 | Waubonsee Community College | Sugar Grove | Public, 2-year | 84 |
| 24 | Lewis University | Romeoville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 81 |
| 25 | William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | Public, 2-year | 80 |
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.
Keep going