Illinois Online Colleges Comparison
136 Illinois colleges offer online degree programs and/or online courses. Of that, 15 colleges have online students more than 50% of total enrollment.
The next list summarizes the important statistics for online colleges. For this statistics, we include online completely colleges and colleges with the rate of online students of 50% or more.
- The 2024 average tuition & fees of Illinois online colleges is $18,480 for Illinois residents and $18,962 for out-of-state students. Northwestern University has the highest tuition & fees of $65,997 and Southwestern Illinois College has the lowest tuition & fees of $6,210.
- Total 161,985 students have enrolled in online colleges in Illinois. DeVry University-Illinois is the largest online college with 25,465 online students.
- Concordia University-Chicago offers the most number of online programs of 37 programs via distance learning.
- DeVry University-Illinois has the lowest students to faculty ratio of 1 to 1.
Data Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
136 Online Colleges in Illinois
The next table lists all online colleges located in Illinois. You can sort them to compare the schools focusing on specific topics by clicking each column title. The "-" value in table means that the corresponding data has not been reported or available.
| College Name | Illinois Residents Tuition & Fees | Out-of-State Tuition & Fees | Student Population (Total) | Online Student Population | Number of Programs (total) | Number of Online Programs | Students to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adler University Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | $44,030 | 1,841 | 507 | 29 | 8 | 1 to 1 |
| American Academy of Art College Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $33,220 | $39,510 | 111 | 1 | 8 | - | 6 to 1 |
| American Islamic College Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $7,600 | $7,650 | 19 | 19 | 3 | - | 2 to 1 |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $47,420 | $52,604 | 3,532 | 127 | 20 | - | 11 to 1 |
| Aurora University Aurora, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $23,520 | $28,220 | 5,918 | 1,615 | 60 | 1 | 18 to 1 |
| Southwestern Illinois College Belleville, IL Public, 2-4 years | $6,390 | $6,210 | 7,188 | 1,322 | 125 | 4 | 17 to 1 |
| Black Hawk College Moline, IL Public, 2-4 years | $7,950 | $8,100 | 3,773 | 663 | 61 | 2 | 17 to 1 |
| Blackburn College Carlinville, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $21,992 | $26,758 | 382 | 50 | 54 | - | 9 to 1 |
| Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences Quincy, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $24,800 | $29,868 | 167 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 10 to 1 |
| Bradley University Peoria, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $32,930 | $39,680 | 5,552 | 911 | 174 | 5 | 12 to 1 |
| Carl Sandburg College Galesburg, IL Public, 2-4 years | $7,910 | $8,810 | 1,688 | 520 | 44 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Catholic Theological Union at Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 213 | 47 | 8 | 7 | - |
| The Chicago School at Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | $20,844 | 1,296 | 91 | 21 | - | 3 to 1 |
| Chicago State University Chicago, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $12,754 | $12,754 | 2,317 | 419 | 74 | - | 11 to 1 |
| Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 195 | 182 | 6 | 5 | - |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $54,825 | $65,619 | 18,339 | 28 | 221 | - | 5 to 1 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College Chicago, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,520 | $14,430 | 2,237 | 771 | 69 | - | 15 to 1 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College Chicago, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,520 | $14,430 | 7,314 | 2,654 | 45 | - | 24 to 1 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College Chicago, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,520 | $14,430 | 2,101 | 581 | 48 | - | 19 to 1 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College Chicago, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,520 | $14,430 | 5,289 | 1,381 | 51 | - | 23 to 1 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College Chicago, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,520 | $14,430 | 4,787 | 1,022 | 55 | - | 27 to 1 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College Chicago, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,520 | $14,430 | 5,559 | 2,331 | 47 | - | 19 to 1 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College Chicago, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,520 | $14,430 | 7,508 | 2,003 | 45 | - | 29 to 1 |
| Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $26,474 | $32,520 | 6,646 | 69 | 74 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Concordia University-Chicago River Forest, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $31,588 | $36,258 | 5,354 | 3,582 | 165 | 57 | 12 to 1 |
| Danville Area Community College Danville, IL Public, 2-4 years | $9,200 | $9,200 | 1,924 | 277 | 76 | - | 15 to 1 |
| DePaul University Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $39,010 | $44,174 | 20,917 | 4,119 | 336 | 1 | 17 to 1 |
| College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL Public, 2-4 years | $10,410 | $12,510 | 21,939 | 4,910 | 195 | - | 20 to 1 |
| Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $13,124 | $15,566 | 8,857 | 1,382 | 103 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Elgin Community College Elgin, IL Public, 2-4 years | $7,140 | $9,516 | 8,910 | 1,658 | 116 | - | 18 to 1 |
| Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $36,370 | $41,628 | 3,731 | 611 | 124 | - | 13 to 1 |
| Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 280 | 48 | 11 | - | - |
| Governors State University University Park, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $11,320 | $11,320 | 4,427 | 1,448 | 88 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Greenville University Greenville, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $26,356 | $30,598 | 1,088 | 234 | 38 | 4 | 12 to 1 |
| Hebrew Theological College Skokie, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $16,980 | $14,700 | 160 | 11 | 13 | - | 5 to 1 |
| Highland Community College Freeport, IL Public, 2-4 years | $6,976 | $7,120 | 1,184 | 126 | 72 | - | 11 to 1 |
| Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science North Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 1,940 | 46 | 38 | 10 | - |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $15,816 | $31,505 | 33,747 | 4,049 | 285 | 6 | 18 to 1 |
| Benedictine University Lisle, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $32,739 | $32,546 | 3,123 | 1,025 | 107 | 1 | 13 to 1 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $18,060 | $39,192 | 56,916 | 9,915 | 384 | 20 | 21 to 1 |
| Illinois Central College East Peoria, IL Public, 2-4 years | $9,348 | $11,654 | 7,044 | 1,523 | 125 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Illinois College Jacksonville, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $32,140 | $37,470 | 1,029 | 81 | 48 | 1 | 12 to 1 |
| Olney Central College Olney, IL Public, 2-4 years | $10,270 | $12,340 | 869 | 118 | 50 | - | 11 to 1 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $45,253 | $50,917 | 6,943 | 1,012 | 169 | 9 | 13 to 1 |
| Illinois State University Normal, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $14,121 | $23,479 | 20,683 | 986 | 172 | 23 | 19 to 1 |
| Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby, IL Public, 2-4 years | $13,835 | $14,981 | 2,371 | 285 | 64 | - | 14 to 1 |
| Institute for Clinical Social Work Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 119 | 11 | 2 | 1 | - |
| John A Logan College Carterville, IL Public, 2-4 years | $5,990 | $7,610 | 3,272 | 294 | 78 | - | 20 to 1 |
| The John Marshall Law School Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 973 | 58 | - | - | - |
| John Wood Community College Quincy, IL Public, 2-4 years | $9,000 | $9,000 | 1,718 | 477 | 56 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL Public, 2-4 years | $12,750 | $13,800 | 10,212 | 2,243 | 166 | 15 | 15 to 1 |
| Judson University Elgin, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $29,434 | $30,910 | 973 | 131 | 69 | 15 | 10 to 1 |
| Kankakee Community College Kankakee, IL Public, 2-4 years | $13,320 | $25,680 | 2,333 | 268 | 85 | - | 14 to 1 |
| Kaskaskia College Centralia, IL Public, 2-4 years | $7,770 | $12,570 | 3,370 | 445 | 110 | - | 20 to 1 |
| Kishwaukee College Malta, IL Public, 2-4 years | $9,390 | $13,800 | 2,581 | 495 | 70 | - | 17 to 1 |
| College of Lake County Grayslake, IL Public, 2-4 years | $10,531 | $14,036 | 11,651 | 3,901 | 167 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Lake Forest Graduate School of Management Lake Forest, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 295 | 295 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Lake Land College Mattoon, IL Public, 2-4 years | $8,104 | $13,906 | 3,742 | 508 | 117 | - | 19 to 1 |
| Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey, IL Public, 2-4 years | $9,552 | $12,552 | 3,973 | 246 | 114 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Lewis University Romeoville, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $31,250 | $37,882 | 6,513 | 1,332 | 134 | 27 | 14 to 1 |
| Lincoln Christian University Lincoln, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $13,020 | $15,400 | 258 | 95 | 25 | 8 | 7 to 1 |
| Lincoln Land Community College Springfield, IL Public, 2-4 years | $6,960 | $10,248 | 4,444 | 1,287 | 93 | 4 | 15 to 1 |
| Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $42,828 | $51,716 | 16,899 | 2,215 | 370 | 20 | 13 to 1 |
| Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences Rock Island, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $27,458 | $28,025 | 101 | 6 | 4 | - | 6 to 1 |
| Generations College Chicago, IL Private, 2-4 years | $12,700 | $12,700 | 303 | 265 | 6 | - | 25 to 1 |
| MacMurray College Jacksonville, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $26,100 | $28,540 | 548 | 37 | - | - | 13 to 1 |
| McCormick Theological Seminary Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 162 | 12 | 5 | - | - |
| McHenry County College Crystal Lake, IL Public, 2-4 years | $10,529 | $14,885 | 8,874 | 1,134 | 90 | 32 | 26 to 1 |
| McKendree University Lebanon, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $29,640 | $34,070 | 1,960 | 451 | 74 | 22 | 17 to 1 |
| Meadville Theological School of Lombard College Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 69 | 22 | 5 | 3 | - |
| Methodist College Peoria, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $20,750 | $18,008 | 456 | 41 | 11 | - | 7 to 1 |
| Midstate College Peoria, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $16,230 | $16,230 | 226 | 6 | - | - | 5 to 1 |
| Millikin University Decatur, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $33,066 | $43,570 | 1,807 | 30 | 92 | 1 | 10 to 1 |
| Moody Bible Institute Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $12,528 | $15,356 | 2,410 | 739 | 33 | 12 | 16 to 1 |
| Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills, IL Public, 2-4 years | $8,502 | $9,846 | 10,511 | 1,593 | 116 | - | 18 to 1 |
| Morton College Cicero, IL Public, 2-4 years | $8,980 | $11,028 | 3,753 | 384 | 47 | - | 19 to 1 |
| National Louis University Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $12,186 | $14,601 | 7,525 | 3,948 | 92 | 34 | 15 to 1 |
| National University of Health Sciences Lombard, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $17,730 | $22,450 | 498 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 7 to 1 |
| North Central College Naperville, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $37,749 | $44,394 | 2,695 | 143 | 119 | - | 12 to 1 |
| North Park University Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $28,620 | $35,325 | 2,660 | 247 | 73 | 2 | 10 to 1 |
| Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $12,506 | $12,506 | 15,649 | 2,208 | 164 | 11 | 14 to 1 |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $52,678 | $65,997 | 23,161 | 1,123 | 442 | 13 | 6 to 1 |
| Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $12,383 | $22,726 | 5,756 | 2,079 | 77 | - | 9 to 1 |
| Oakton College Des Plaines, IL Public, 2-4 years | $10,446 | $12,462 | 7,645 | 2,078 | 127 | - | 13 to 1 |
| Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $34,940 | $37,940 | 3,255 | 833 | 110 | 28 | 14 to 1 |
| Parkland College Champaign, IL Public, 2-4 years | $9,642 | $13,266 | 5,686 | 1,087 | 121 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Prairie State College Chicago Heights, IL Public, 2-4 years | $9,342 | $11,064 | 2,680 | 517 | 73 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Quincy University Quincy, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $27,770 | $35,740 | 1,307 | 107 | 58 | 3 | 14 to 1 |
| Rend Lake College Ina, IL Public, 2-4 years | $7,800 | $7,800 | 2,017 | 164 | 93 | - | 19 to 1 |
| Richland Community College Decatur, IL Public, 2-4 years | $10,800 | $17,070 | 2,075 | 356 | 97 | 4 | 13 to 1 |
| Rock Valley College Rockford, IL Public, 2-4 years | $10,274 | $21,344 | 5,861 | 1,197 | 68 | - | 18 to 1 |
| Madison Media Institute-Rockford Career College Rockford, IL Private, 2-4 years | $13,366 | $14,918 | 408 | 68 | - | - | 24 to 1 |
| Rockford University Rockford, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $30,050 | $37,000 | 1,181 | 155 | 56 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Roosevelt University Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $28,963 | $20,280 | 3,725 | 536 | 174 | 1 | 11 to 1 |
| Dominican University River Forest, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $32,530 | $37,694 | 3,196 | 260 | 106 | 5 | 11 to 1 |
| Rush University Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $32,496 | $30,957 | 2,870 | 841 | 31 | 5 | 8 to 1 |
| Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing Peoria, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $20,752 | $23,710 | 371 | 141 | 4 | 3 | 8 to 1 |
| University of St Francis Joliet, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $31,470 | $37,000 | 3,297 | 1,638 | 93 | 29 | 13 to 1 |
| St. John's College-Department of Nursing Springfield, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $22,005 | $25,466 | 94 | 8 | 4 | - | 8 to 1 |
| Saint Xavier University Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $33,380 | $36,840 | 3,523 | 267 | 104 | 4 | 15 to 1 |
| University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $12,472 | $19,460 | 4,198 | 1,954 | 72 | 6 | 12 to 1 |
| Sauk Valley Community College Dixon, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,580 | $12,840 | 1,386 | 195 | 48 | - | 13 to 1 |
| Shawnee Community College Ullin, IL Public, 2-4 years | $7,200 | $7,500 | 1,174 | 148 | 48 | 3 | 14 to 1 |
| University of Saint Mary of the Lake Mundelein, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 204 | 26 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Southeastern Illinois College Harrisburg, IL Public, 2-4 years | $6,300 | $6,540 | 1,379 | 233 | 45 | - | 18 to 1 |
| National Latino Education Institute Chicago, IL Private, Less than 2 years | - | $14,100 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 4 to 1 |
| Spertus College Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 99 | 50 | 3 | - | - |
| Spoon River College Canton, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,460 | $12,540 | 1,212 | 414 | 39 | 1 | 14 to 1 |
| Saint Anthony College of Nursing Rockford, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $25,342 | $27,811 | 242 | 3 | 4 | - | 6 to 1 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $13,244 | $13,244 | 11,107 | 1,883 | 269 | 35 | 11 to 1 |
| Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $12,025 | $12,025 | 12,519 | 1,951 | 124 | 15 | 15 to 1 |
| South Suburban College South Holland, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,033 | $12,683 | 3,905 | 571 | 74 | 4 | 15 to 1 |
| Trinity International University-Illinois Deerfield, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $30,750 | $12,320 | 1,242 | 228 | 42 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Triton College River Grove, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,790 | $14,880 | 8,616 | 1,202 | 97 | - | 20 to 1 |
| VanderCook College of Music Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $28,344 | $30,910 | 263 | 138 | 4 | - | 4 to 1 |
| Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove, IL Public, 2-4 years | $11,369 | $12,330 | 7,491 | 1,398 | 88 | 6 | 20 to 1 |
| Western Illinois University Macomb, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $14,085 | $14,085 | 7,643 | 1,807 | 128 | 31 | 13 to 1 |
| Wheaton College Wheaton, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $35,190 | $43,936 | 2,885 | 57 | 61 | - | 12 to 1 |
| William Rainey Harper College Palatine, IL Public, 2-4 years | $9,990 | $11,802 | 12,434 | 2,714 | 119 | 16 | 18 to 1 |
| Northwestern College Oak Lawn, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $17,475 | $18,475 | 514 | 263 | 8 | 3 | 12 to 1 |
| Worsham College of Mortuary Science Wheeling, IL Private, 2-4 years | $21,800 | $24,800 | 190 | 140 | 2 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Heartland Community College Normal, IL Public, 2-4 years | $10,440 | $15,420 | 4,774 | 1,027 | 47 | 7 | 18 to 1 |
| Frontier Community College Fairfield, IL Public, 2-4 years | $10,270 | $12,340 | 1,740 | 169 | 50 | - | 23 to 1 |
| Lincoln Trail College Robinson, IL Public, 2-4 years | $10,270 | $12,340 | 636 | 58 | 43 | - | 17 to 1 |
| Wabash Valley College Mount Carmel, IL Public, 2-4 years | $10,270 | $12,340 | 926 | 120 | 47 | - | 17 to 1 |
| Erikson Institute Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 331 | 154 | 6 | 2 | - |
| MDT College of Health Sciences Chicago, IL Private, Less than 2 years | $26,535 | $21,600 | 324 | 92 | 1 | - | 13 to 1 |
| Pacific College of Health and Science Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $10,182 | $7,508 | 233 | 32 | 5 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | 62 | 59 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Soma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage Therapy Chicago, IL Private, Less than 2 years | - | $14,315 | 284 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 12 to 1 |
| Rasmussen University-Illinois Rockford, IL Private, 2-4 years | $10,935 | $15,768 | 2,475 | 1,172 | 68 | 9 | 11 to 1 |
| Chamberlain University-Illinois Addison, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $19,760 | $20,604 | 26,687 | 24,119 | 20 | 17 | 18 to 1 |
| Midwestern Career College Chicago, IL Private, 2-4 years | - | $17,320 | 676 | 93 | 16 | 1 | 21 to 1 |
| State Career College Gurnee, IL Private, Less than 2 years | - | $13,450 | 55 | 54 | 3 | - | 20 to 1 |
| DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $14,864 | $15,032 | 26,384 | 25,465 | 49 | 47 | 49 to 1 |
| Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College Rockford, IL Private, 2-4 years | - | $16,699 | 473 | 134 | 28 | 16 | 23 to 1 |
| Average | $18,480 | $18,962 | 663,816 | 161,985 | - | - | 14 to 1 |