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| Rank in Illinois | Highest Enrollment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2015 | School Name | 2020 | 2015 |
| 1 | 1 | Â鶹Íø of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 49,702 | 44,942 (↑10.6%) |
| 2 ↑ | 3 | Â鶹Íø of Illinois at Chicago | 31,683 | 28,038 (↑13.0%) |
| 3 ↑ | 18 | Chamberlain Â鶹Íø-Illinois | 27,629 | 13,720 (↑101.4%) |
| 4 ↓ | 2 | College of DuPage | 24,900 | 28,627 (↓13.0%) |
| 5 ↑ | 6 | DeVry Â鶹Íø-Illinois | 24,246 | No Change |
| 6 ↓ | 5 | DePaul Â鶹Íø | 22,437 | 24,414 (↓8.1%) |
| 7 | 7 | Northwestern Â鶹Íø | 22,127 | 21,592 (↑2.5%) |
| 8 ↑ | 9 | 20,635 | 20,272 (↑1.8%) | |
| 9 ↓ | 4 | DeVry Â鶹Íø-Illinois | 17,364 | 26,851 (↓35.3%) |
| 10 ↓ | 8 | Northern Illinois Â鶹Íø | 17,169 | 21,138 (↓18.8%) |
| 11 ↑ | 14 | Loyola Â鶹Íø Chicago | 17,007 | 15,957 (↑6.6%) |
| 12 ↑ | 15 | Â鶹Íø of Chicago | 17,002 | 15,048 (↑13.0%) |
| 13 ↓ | 12 | Joliet Junior College | 14,726 | 16,869 (↓12.7%) |
| 14 ↓ | 11 | College of Lake County | 14,193 | 17,685 (↓19.7%) |
| 15 ↓ | 13 | Moraine Valley Community College | 13,762 | 16,106 (↓14.6%) |
| 16 | 16 | William Rainey Harper College | 13,530 | 14,830 (↓8.8%) |
| 17 | 17 | Southern Illinois Â鶹Íø-Edwardsville | 13,281 | 13,850 (↓4.1%) |
| 18 ↓ | 10 | Southern Illinois Â鶹Íø-Carbondale | 12,817 | 17,964 (↓28.7%) |
| 19 ↑ | 25 | Triton College | 10,529 | 11,225 (↓6.2%) |
| 20 ↓ | 19 | City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College | 9,777 | 12,640 (↓22.7%) |
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