Public Universities | Chicago State University | 6,835 | 7,235 | 5,211 | 4,767 | 3,578 | 3,101 | 2,963 | -56.6 | -59.0 | -4.5 |
| Eastern Illinois University | 11,651 | 11,966 | 8,913 | 8,520 | 7,415 | 7,030 | 7,526 | -35.4 | -37.1 | 7.1 |
| Governors State University | 5,652 | 5,674 | 5,776 | 5,939 | 5,819 | 5,184 | 4,857 | -14.1 | -14.4 | -6.3 |
| Illinois State University | 20,757 | 21,184 | 20,615 | 20,807 | 21,039 | 20,784 | 20,635 | -0.6 | -2.6 | -0.7 |
| Northeastern Illinois University | 12,164 | 11,631 | 10,275 | 9,891 | 9,538 | 8,984 | 8,103 | -33.4 | -30.3 | -9.8 |
| Northern Illinois University | 24,820 | 24,424 | 20,611 | 20,130 | 19,015 | 18,042 | 17,169 | -30.8 | -29.7 | -4.8 |
| Southern Illinois University Carbondale | 21,589 | 20,350 | 17,989 | 17,292 | 15,987 | 14,554 | 12,817 | -40.6 | -37.0 | -11.9 |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 13,493 | 13,940 | 13,972 | 14,265 | 14,142 | 13,796 | 13,281 | -1.6 | -4.7 | -3.7 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | 24,865 | 26,840 | 27,969 | 29,048 | 29,120 | 30,539 | 31,683 | 27.4 | 18.0 | 3.7 |
| University of Illinois Springfield | 4,396 | 4,977 | 5,431 | 5,402 | 5,428 | 4,956 | 4,575 | 4.1 | -8.1 | -7.7 |
| University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign | 40,687 | 43,881 | 45,140 | 45,842 | 46,951 | 48,216 | 49,702 | 22.2 | 13.3 | 3.1 |
| Western Illinois University | 13,558 | 12,679 | 11,458 | 11,094 | 10,373 | 9,441 | 8,502 | -37.3 | -32.9 | -9.9 |
| Public Universities Total | 200,467 | 204,781 | 193,360 | 192,997 | 188,405 | 184,627 | 181,813 | -9.3 | -11.2 | -1.5 |
Community Colleges | Black Hawk College | 6,600 | 6,267 | 5,782 | 5,117 | 5,103 | 4,462 | 4,111 | -37.7 | -34.4 | -7.9 |
| Carl Sandburg College | 3,575 | 2,661 | 2,083 | 1,987 | 1,927 | 1,947 | 1,860 | -48.0 | -30.1 | -4.5 |
| CCC - Harold Washington College | 7,987 | 8,464 | 9,381 | 9,093 | 8,486 | 8,869 | 8,601 | 7.7 | 1.6 | -3.0 |
| CCC - Harry S Truman College | 14,001 | 13,174 | 6,195 | 4,869 | 4,136 | 3,742 | 3,583 | -74.4 | -72.8 | -4.2 |
| CCC - Kennedy-King College | 5,813 | 7,180 | 4,073 | 3,023 | 2,817 | 2,677 | 2,494 | -57.1 | -65.3 | -6.8 |
| CCC - Malcolm X College | 7,813 | 8,718 | 5,107 | 4,484 | 5,233 | 5,710 | 6,080 | -22.2 | -30.3 | 6.5 |
| CCC - Olive-Harvey College | 5,672 | 4,777 | 3,280 | 2,332 | 2,008 | 2,010 | 1,947 | -65.7 | -59.2 | -3.1 |
| CCC - Richard J. Daley College | 10,817 | 9,991 | 4,621 | 4,557 | 3,999 | 3,849 | 4,005 | -63.0 | -59.9 | 4.1 |
| CCC - Wilbur Wright College | 11,708 | 12,866 | 9,544 | 8,372 | 7,632 | 7,603 | 7,142 | -39.0 | -44.5 | -6.1 |
| College of DuPage | 29,854 | 27,083 | 26,607 | 26,026 | 24,662 | 23,649 | 22,740 | -23.8 | -16.0 | -3.8 |
| College of Lake County | 15,868 | 18,092 | 13,786 | 13,217 | 12,913 | 12,734 | 12,361 | -22.1 | -31.7 | -2.9 |
| Danville Area Community College | 2,638 | 3,584 | 3,184 | 2,689 | 2,664 | 2,641 | 2,620 | -0.7 | -26.9 | -0.8 |
| Elgin Community College | 10,851 | 11,704 | 9,351 | 8,949 | 8,581 | 8,392 | 8,351 | -23.0 | -28.6 | -0.5 |
| Harper College | 15,265 | 15,711 | 13,585 | 13,180 | 12,983 | 12,845 | 12,696 | -16.8 | -19.2 | -1.2 |
| Heartland Community College | 4,647 | 5,266 | 4,960 | 4,880 | 4,993 | 4,832 | 4,788 | 3.0 | -9.1 | -0.9 |
| Highland Community College | 2,500 | 2,455 | 1,729 | 1,803 | 1,855 | 1,677 | 1,564 | -37.4 | -36.3 | -6.7 |
| Illinois Central College | 12,046 | 13,049 | 9,990 | 9,373 | 9,050 | 9,003 | 8,756 | -27.3 | -32.9 | -2.7 |
| Illinois Eastern - Frontier | 1,960 | 2,009 | 2,167 | 2,136 | 1,896 | 1,716 | 1,860 | -5.1 | -7.4 | 8.4 |
| Illinois Eastern - Lincoln Trail | 1,496 | 1,231 | 1,023 | 997 | 906 | 916 | 869 | -41.9 | -29.4 | -5.1 |
| Illinois Eastern - Olney Central | 1,670 | 1,627 | 1,340 | 1,266 | 1,154 | 1,100 | 1,077 | -35.5 | -33.8 | -2.1 |
| Illinois Eastern - Wabash Valley | 5,191 | 4,810 | 4,222 | 4,245 | 4,303 | 3,632 | 2,758 | -46.9 | -42.7 | -24.1 |
| Illinois Valley Community College | 4,078 | 4,529 | 3,453 | 3,258 | 3,193 | 3,097 | 2,821 | -30.8 | -37.7 | -8.9 |
| John A. Logan College | 7,281 | 8,568 | 6,718 | 3,574 | 4,412 | 3,903 | 4,040 | -44.5 | -52.8 | 3.5 |
| John Wood Community College | 2,411 | 2,757 | 1,900 | 1,981 | 1,932 | 1,871 | 1,909 | -20.8 | -30.8 | 2.0 |
| Joliet Junior College | 12,751 | 15,288 | 14,913 | 14,129 | 14,524 | 14,020 | 14,048 | 10.2 | -8.1 | 0.2 |
| Kankakee Community College | 3,513 | 4,298 | 3,372 | 3,297 | 3,078 | 3,025 | 2,765 | -21.3 | -35.7 | -8.6 |
| Kaskaskia College | 4,601 | 5,337 | 4,906 | 4,472 | 3,665 | 3,107 | 3,164 | -31.2 | -40.7 | 1.8 |
| Kishwaukee College | 4,192 | 4,735 | 4,251 | 3,870 | 3,775 | 3,283 | 3,182 | -24.1 | -32.8 | -3.1 |
| Lake Land College | 7,196 | 7,945 | 5,583 | 5,238 | 5,104 | 4,965 | 4,583 | -36.3 | -42.3 | -7.7 |
| Lewis & Clark Community College | 7,446 | 8,179 | 7,861 | 7,735 | 7,140 | 6,853 | 6,599 | -11.4 | -19.3 | -3.7 |
| Lincoln Land Community College | 6,942 | 7,677 | 6,980 | 6,435 | 5,729 | 6,257 | 5,549 | -20.1 | -27.7 | -11.3 |
| McHenry County College | 5,331 | 6,811 | 6,160 | 5,950 | 5,839 | 6,328 | 6,501 | 21.9 | -4.6 | 2.7 |
| Moraine Valley Community College | 16,077 | 17,774 | 14,220 | 13,826 | 14,105 | 13,622 | 12,813 | -20.3 | -27.9 | -5.9 |
| Morton College | 4,436 | 5,290 | 3,722 | 3,796 | 3,793 | 3,878 | 3,838 | -13.5 | -27.4 | -1.0 |
| Oakton Community College | 11,212 | 12,087 | 10,337 | 9,628 | 9,144 | 8,611 | 8,194 | -26.9 | -32.2 | -4.8 |
| Parkland College | 9,536 | 9,633 | 8,251 | 7,938 | 7,559 | 7,150 | 7,020 | -26.4 | -27.1 | -1.8 |
| Prairie State College | 5,342 | 5,854 | 4,464 | 4,373 | 4,302 | 4,164 | 3,765 | -29.5 | -35.7 | -9.6 |
| Rend Lake College | 3,420 | 5,871 | 2,970 | 2,295 | 2,484 | 2,333 | 2,482 | -27.4 | -57.7 | 6.4 |
| Richland Community College | 3,112 | 3,595 | 3,314 | 3,262 | 2,839 | 2,461 | 2,476 | -20.4 | -31.1 | 0.6 |
| Rock Valley College | 9,475 | 8,659 | 7,722 | 7,509 | 7,106 | 6,357 | 6,181 | -34.8 | -28.6 | -2.8 |
| Sauk Valley Community College | 2,623 | 2,504 | 2,211 | 1,906 | 1,891 | 1,754 | 1,628 | -37.9 | -35.0 | -7.2 |
| Shawnee Community College | 2,077 | 2,834 | 1,733 | 1,757 | 1,809 | 1,505 | 1,119 | -46.1 | -60.5 | -25.6 |
| South Suburban Coll. of Cook Co. | 7,535 | 7,279 | 4,327 | 4,205 | 3,700 | 3,920 | 4,231 | -43.8 | -41.9 | 7.9 |
| Southeastern Illinois College | 3,578 | 2,941 | 1,829 | 2,028 | 1,820 | 1,655 | 1,650 | -53.9 | -43.9 | -0.3 |
| Southwestern Illinois College | 14,376 | 14,440 | 10,139 | 9,529 | 9,196 | 8,490 | 8,447 | -41.2 | -41.5 | -0.5 |
| Spoon River College | 2,412 | 2,118 | 1,521 | 1,529 | 1,442 | 1,353 | 1,294 | -46.4 | -38.9 | -4.4 |
| Triton College | 15,597 | 15,706 | 10,104 | 9,664 | 10,803 | 9,191 | 9,444 | -39.4 | -39.9 | 2.8 |
| Waubonsee Community College | 8,682 | 10,532 | 9,848 | 9,515 | 9,353 | 8,801 | 8,471 | -2.4 | -19.6 | -3.7 |
| Community Colleges Total | 363,204 | 383,960 | 304,819 | 285,294 | 277,038 | 265,960 | 258,477 | -28.8 | -32.7 | -2.8 |
Independent NFP Institutions | Adler University | 480 | 703 | 1,004 | 988 | 1,099 | 1,097 | 1,044 | 117.5 | 48.5 | -4.8 |
| American Academy of Art | 368 | 400 | 365 | 317 | 297 | 260 | 242 | -34.2 | -39.5 | -6.9 |
| American Islamic College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 35 | 30 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -46.7 |
| Augustana College | 2,292 | 2,472 | 2,497 | 2,478 | 2,537 | 2,647 | 2,543 | 11.0 | 2.9 | -3.9 |
| Aurora University | 3,326 | 4,355 | 5,102 | 5,423 | 5,337 | 5,833 | 6,005 | 80.5 | 37.9 | 2.9 |
| Barat College | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Benedictine University | 3,232 | 5,836 | 0 | 0 | 3,588 | 5,060 | 4,940 | 52.8 | -15.4 | -2.4 |
| Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation | 0 | 51 | 49 | 52 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Blackburn College | 594 | 607 | 589 | 586 | 596 | 557 | 566 | -4.7 | -6.8 | 1.6 |
| Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing | 228 | 222 | 253 | 250 | 270 | 289 | 285 | 25.0 | 28.4 | -1.4 |
| Bradley University | 6,069 | 5,800 | 5,300 | 5,338 | 5,598 | 5,844 | 5,882 | -3.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| Brisk Rabbinical College | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Catholic Theological Union | 624 | 447 | 0 | 357 | 354 | 232 | 244 | -60.9 | -45.4 | 5.2 |
| Center for Psychoanalytic Study | 4 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Chicago Baptist Institute | 0 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Chicago ORT Technical Institute | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chicago Theological Seminary | 209 | 223 | 267 | 251 | 252 | 232 | 230 | 10.0 | 3.1 | -0.9 |
| Christian Life College | 88 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | -100.0 |
| Columbia College Chicago | 10,354 | 12,127 | 9,442 | 8,961 | 8,120 | 7,312 | 6,825 | -34.1 | -43.7 | -6.7 |
| Concordia University Chicago | 2,056 | 5,052 | 5,038 | 5,238 | 5,603 | 5,156 | 6,113 | 197.3 | 21.0 | 18.6 |
| DePaul University | 23,570 | 25,072 | 23,799 | 23,539 | 23,110 | 22,744 | 22,419 | -4.9 | -10.6 | -1.4 |
| Dominican University | 3,188 | 3,909 | 3,498 | 3,696 | 3,522 | 3,127 | 2,990 | -6.2 | -23.5 | -4.4 |
| East-West University | 1,031 | 1,054 | 554 | 552 | 514 | 430 | 394 | -61.8 | -62.6 | -8.4 |
| Ellis University | 0 | 1,950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Elmhurst University | 2,681 | 3,363 | 3,257 | 3,298 | 3,403 | 3,481 | 3,426 | 27.8 | 1.9 | -1.6 |
| Erikson Institute | 253 | 284 | 254 | 242 | 255 | 270 | 330 | 30.4 | 16.2 | 22.2 |
| Eureka College | 520 | 766 | 664 | 695 | 672 | 577 | 567 | 9.0 | -26.0 | -1.7 |
| Garrett - Evangelical Theological Seminary | 329 | 335 | 365 | 337 | 329 | 310 | 303 | -7.9 | -9.6 | -2.3 |
| Generations College | 258 | 151 | 216 | 235 | 218 | 278 | 295 | 14.3 | 95.4 | 6.1 |
| Graham Hospital School of Nursing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Greenville University | 1,315 | 1,576 | 1,307 | 1,321 | 1,211 | 1,239 | 1,132 | -13.9 | -28.2 | -8.6 |
| Hebrew Theological College | 412 | 396 | 465 | 527 | 331 | 229 | 166 | -59.7 | -58.1 | -27.5 |
| Illinois Baptist College | 14 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Illinois College | 1,037 | 894 | 965 | 955 | 960 | 959 | 983 | -5.2 | 10.0 | 2.5 |
| Illinois College of Optometry | 593 | 628 | 638 | 647 | 643 | 599 | 593 | 0.0 | -5.6 | -1.0 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | 6,378 | 7,707 | 7,898 | 7,790 | 7,730 | 7,164 | 6,753 | 5.9 | -12.4 | -5.7 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | 2,118 | 2,066 | 1,893 | 1,842 | 1,771 | 1,627 | 1,677 | -20.8 | -18.8 | 3.1 |
| Institute for Clinical Social Work | 82 | 107 | 124 | 116 | 100 | 98 | 97 | 18.3 | -9.3 | -1.0 |
| Instituto College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jewish University of America | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Judson University | 1,220 | 1,231 | 1,288 | 1,274 | 1,286 | 1,283 | 1,350 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 5.2 |
| Knowledge Systems Institute | 0 | 73 | 203 | 232 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Knox College | 1,205 | 1,407 | 1,399 | 1,398 | 1,357 | 1,356 | 1,333 | 10.6 | -5.3 | -1.7 |
| Lake Forest College | 1,408 | 1,415 | 1,626 | 1,600 | 1,578 | 1,493 | 1,511 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 1.2 |
| Lake Forest Graduate School of Mgmt. | 791 | 769 | 470 | 401 | 393 | 366 | 385 | -51.3 | -49.9 | 5.2 |
| Lakeview College of Nursing | 147 | 278 | 317 | 324 | 284 | 223 | 172 | 17.0 | -38.1 | -22.9 |
| Lewis University | 4,848 | 5,847 | 6,689 | 6,679 | 6,544 | 6,511 | 6,440 | 32.8 | 10.1 | -1.1 |
| Lexington College | 49 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln Christian University | 1,025 | 993 | 935 | 886 | 778 | 784 | 734 | -28.4 | -26.1 | -6.4 |
| Lincoln College | 1,272 | 1,304 | 1,264 | 1,194 | 1,068 | 1,130 | 1,023 | -19.6 | -21.5 | -9.5 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | 13,909 | 15,879 | 15,902 | 16,437 | 16,422 | 16,721 | 17,007 | 22.3 | 7.1 | 1.7 |
| Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago | 349 | 302 | 228 | 214 | 212 | 198 | 184 | -47.3 | -39.1 | -7.1 |
| MacMurray College | 667 | 518 | 554 | 571 | 552 | 404 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | -100.0 |
| McCormick Theological Seminary | 275 | 248 | 209 | 235 | 200 | 213 | 219 | -20.4 | -11.7 | 2.8 |
| McKendree University | 2,257 | 3,284 | 3,131 | 3,006 | 2,902 | 2,676 | 2,498 | 10.7 | -23.9 | -6.7 |
| Meadville - Lombard Theo. School | 123 | 91 | 86 | 99 | 96 | 88 | 75 | -39.0 | -17.6 | -14.8 |
| Methodist College | 0 | 198 | 595 | 606 | 680 | 679 | 692 | 0.0 | 249.5 | 1.9 |
| Midwestern University | 1,791 | 2,052 | 2,917 | 2,932 | 2,914 | 2,971 | 2,984 | 66.6 | 45.4 | 0.4 |
| Millikin University | 2,672 | 2,314 | 2,191 | 2,154 | 2,055 | 2,040 | 2,094 | -21.6 | -9.5 | 2.6 |
| Monmouth College | 1,252 | 1,379 | 1,300 | 1,196 | 1,147 | 1,031 | 907 | -27.6 | -34.2 | -12.0 |
| Moody Bible Institute | 2,687 | 3,212 | 0 | 3,129 | 2,925 | 2,802 | 2,879 | 7.1 | -10.4 | 2.7 |
| Morrison Institute of Technology | 123 | 0 | 86 | 91 | 90 | 90 | 105 | -14.6 | 0.0 | 16.7 |
| Morthland College | 0 | 0 | 62 | 100 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| National College of Naprapathic Medicine | 54 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | -100.0 |
| National Louis University | 7,332 | 6,385 | 4,582 | 4,438 | 4,519 | 4,918 | 5,977 | -18.5 | -6.4 | 21.5 |
| National University of Health Sciences | 533 | 846 | 705 | 609 | 626 | 365 | 652 | 22.3 | -22.9 | 78.6 |
| North Central College | 2,377 | 2,798 | 3,043 | 2,962 | 2,949 | 2,965 | 2,928 | 23.2 | 4.6 | -1.2 |
| North Park University | 2,563 | 3,186 | 3,186 | 3,157 | 3,032 | 2,423 | 2,926 | 14.2 | -8.2 | 20.8 |
| Northern Baptist Theo. Seminary | 215 | 137 | 205 | 187 | 208 | 119 | 231 | 7.4 | 68.6 | 94.1 |
| NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia | 0 | 0 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 |
| Northwest Suburban College of Basic and Allied Health Sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Northwestern University | 17,747 | 19,853 | 21,554 | 21,655 | 21,823 | 20,753 | 21,753 | 22.6 | 9.6 | 4.8 |
| Oak Point University | 124 | 252 | 510 | 490 | 634 | 754 | 865 | 597.6 | 243.3 | 14.7 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | 4,364 | 4,666 | 4,861 | 4,892 | 4,907 | 4,569 | 4,490 | 2.9 | -3.8 | -1.7 |
| Principia College | 542 | 527 | 493 | 464 | 479 | 455 | 448 | -17.3 | -15.0 | -1.5 |
| Quincy University | 1,294 | 1,845 | 1,279 | 1,293 | 1,328 | 1,092 | 1,185 | -8.4 | -35.8 | 8.5 |
| Realtor University | 0 | 0 | 65 | 65 | 54 | 40 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.5 |
| Robert Morris University-Illinois | 5,520 | 4,619 | 3,205 | 3,056 | 2,703 | 2,307 | 1,934 | -65.0 | -58.1 | -16.2 |
| Rockford University | 1,458 | 1,341 | 0 | 1,281 | 1,288 | 1,262 | 1,201 | -17.6 | -10.4 | -4.8 |
| Roosevelt University | 7,385 | 7,306 | 6,113 | 5,352 | 4,700 | 4,457 | 4,329 | -41.4 | -40.7 | -2.9 |
| Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science | 1,687 | 1,915 | 2,191 | 2,214 | 2,163 | 2,137 | 2,112 | 25.2 | 10.3 | -1.2 |
| Rush University | 1,362 | 1,804 | 2,457 | 2,515 | 2,503 | 2,569 | 2,708 | 98.8 | 50.1 | 5.4 |
| School of the Art Inst. Chicago | 2,660 | 3,164 | 0 | 3,592 | 3,566 | 3,644 | 3,637 | 36.7 | 14.9 | -0.2 |
| Shimer College | 112 | 104 | 74 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership | 291 | 331 | 185 | 174 | 130 | 67 | 107 | -63.2 | -67.7 | 59.7 |
| Springfield College in Illinois | 489 | 559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| St. Anthony College of Nursing | 112 | 185 | 309 | 322 | 319 | 285 | 303 | 170.5 | 63.8 | 6.3 |
| St. Augustine College | 1,582 | 1,430 | 0 | 1,514 | 1,378 | 1,300 | 1,011 | -36.1 | -29.3 | -22.2 |
| St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | 272 | 499 | 681 | 678 | 644 | 408 | 607 | 123.2 | 21.6 | 48.8 |
| St. Johns College | 82 | 79 | 238 | 121 | 136 | 128 | 127 | 54.9 | 60.8 | -0.8 |
| St. Sava Serb. Orth. Sch. Theo. | 30 | 29 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 24 | -20.0 | -17.2 | 4.3 |
| St. Xavier University | 5,722 | 5,054 | 4,073 | 3,949 | 3,896 | 3,715 | 3,667 | -35.9 | -27.4 | -1.3 |
| Telshe Yeshiva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 74 | 86 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.2 |
| The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis | 88 | 87 | 66 | 62 | 79 | 93 | 94 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 1.1 |
| The John Marshall Law School (CLOSED) | 1,571 | 1,539 | 1,307 | 1,180 | 1,079 | 999 | 984 | -37.4 | -36.1 | -1.5 |
| Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago | 3 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 35 | 1,066.7 | 191.7 | 34.6 |
| Trinity Christian College | 1,234 | 1,450 | 1,406 | 1,320 | 1,286 | 1,166 | 1,093 | -11.4 | -24.6 | -6.3 |
| Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences | 168 | 264 | 246 | 271 | 227 | 219 | 213 | 26.8 | -19.3 | -2.7 |
| Trinity International University | 2,736 | 2,619 | 2,202 | 2,236 | 2,247 | 2,262 | 1,999 | -26.9 | -23.7 | -11.6 |
| Univ. of St. Mary of the Lake | 244 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 311 | 201 | 199 | -18.4 | -12.3 | -1.0 |
| University of Chicago | 13,870 | 15,094 | 15,097 | 15,390 | 15,918 | 16,471 | 17,134 | 23.5 | 13.5 | 4.0 |
| University of St. Francis | 4,129 | 3,352 | 3,762 | 3,957 | 3,864 | 4,035 | 3,927 | -4.9 | 17.2 | -2.7 |
| Urbana Theological Seminary | 0 | 47 | 36 | 45 | 84 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | -85.1 | 0.0 |
| VanderCook College of Music | 188 | 403 | 246 | 303 | 310 | 249 | 279 | 48.4 | -30.8 | 12.0 |
| Walther Theological Seminary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wheaton College | 2,898 | 2,920 | 2,914 | 2,929 | 2,901 | 2,964 | 2,995 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
| Independent NFP Institutions Total | 204,861 | 228,592 | 204,665 | 213,748 | 214,904 | 210,395 | 212,077 | 3.5 | -7.2 | 0.8 |
Independent For-Profit Institutions | Ambria College of Nursing | 0 | 0 | 397 | 434 | 366 | 317 | 233 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -26.5 |
| Cardean University | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career Colleges of Chicago | 233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chamberlain University | 0 | 669 | 18,665 | 23,250 | 25,569 | 27,095 | 27,630 | 0.0 | 4,030.0 | 2.0 |
| Chicago College of Oriental Medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Coyne College | 0 | 938 | 611 | 522 | 439 | 422 | 540 | 0.0 | -42.4 | 28.0 |
| DeVry University, Inc. | 14,463 | 30,127 | 24,220 | 22,273 | 19,340 | 16,957 | 17,364 | 20.1 | -42.4 | 2.4 |
| Ellis University | 0 | 0 | 52 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Fox College | 251 | 370 | 360 | 333 | 374 | 113 | 452 | 80.1 | 22.2 | 300.0 |
| Harrington College of Design | 1,558 | 1,087 | 516 | 154 | 33 | 9 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | -100.0 |
| Kendall College | 615 | 2,389 | 1,516 | 1,275 | 1,200 | 1,027 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | -100.0 |
| Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago | 1,047 | 1,054 | 1,086 | 1,009 | 418 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln College of Technology | 0 | 1,684 | 717 | 657 | 656 | 719 | 716 | 0.0 | -57.5 | -0.4 |
| Midstate College | 527 | 650 | 521 | 459 | 405 | 280 | 226 | -57.1 | -65.2 | -19.3 |
| Midwest College of Oriental Medicine | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Midwestern Career College | 0 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 73 | 152 | 263 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 73.0 |
| Northwestern College-Chicago | 1,146 | 935 | 334 | 239 | 262 | 43 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | -100.0 |
| Northwestern College-Southwest | 1,121 | 1,195 | 743 | 781 | 685 | 676 | 574 | -48.8 | -52.0 | -15.1 |
| Sanford Brown College - Chicago | 2,905 | 1,832 | 229 | 88 | 30 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Sanford-Brown College - Collinsville Campus (Closed) | 0 | 892 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Solex College | 0 | 28 | 52 | 53 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Taylor Business Institute | 243 | 431 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 92 | 98 | -59.7 | -77.3 | 6.5 |
| The College of Office Technology | 551 | 276 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago | 2,417 | 2,964 | 0 | 1,197 | 888 | 202 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | -100.0 |
| The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg | 1,187 | 1,340 | 0 | 670 | 495 | 90 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | -100.0 |
| The Illinois Institute of Art-Tinley Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tribeca Flashpoint College | 0 | 0 | 367 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Vatterott College | 0 | 403 | 811 | 749 | 377 | 300 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | -100.0 |
| Westwood College-Chicago Loop | 421 | 885 | 381 | 594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Westwood College-DuPage | 0 | 582 | 157 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Westwood College-O'Hare Airport | 0 | 888 | 311 | 444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Westwood College-River Oaks | 0 | 579 | 269 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Worsham College of Mortuary Science | 103 | 94 | 0 | 100 | 92 | 93 | 60 | -41.7 | -36.2 | -35.5 |
| Independent For-Profit Institutions Total | 29,011 | 52,292 | 52,325 | 56,482 | 51,889 | 48,587 | 48,163 | 66.0 | -7.9 | -0.9 |
Out-of-State Institutions | American College of Education | 0 | 2,649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| American InterContinental University System | 0 | 26,630 | 11,900 | 11,588 | 10,091 | 11,971 | 11,558 | 0.0 | -56.6 | -3.5 |
| Argosy University-Chicago Campus | 846 | 1,348 | 0 | 745 | 624 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Argosy University-Schaumburg Campus | 406 | 773 | 0 | 271 | 222 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Brown Mackie College-Quad Cities | 0 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Calumet College of Saint Joseph (IN) | 0 | 316 | 216 | 292 | 316 | 250 | 226 | 0.0 | -28.5 | -9.6 |
| Cardinal Stritch University | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Colorado Technical University (CO) | 0 | 253 | 244 | 288 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Columbia College (MO) | 0 | 943 | 1,174 | 1,039 | 1,088 | 839 | 263 | 0.0 | -72.1 | -68.7 |
| Concordia University (NE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide (FL) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Franklin University (OH) | 0 | 180 | 89 | 83 | 70 | 1 | 22 | 0.0 | -87.8 | 2,100.0 |
| Indiana University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ITT Tech. Inst. - Arlington Heights | 574 | 549 | 233 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| ITT Tech. Inst. - Oak Brook | 360 | 424 | 305 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| ITT Tech. Inst. - Orland Park | 453 | 562 | 361 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| ITT Technical Institute at Springfield | 0 | 0 | 275 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kaplan University (IA) | 0 | 2,208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Lindenwood University (MO) | 0 | 940 | 2,270 | 2,263 | 2,053 | 1,912 | 1,797 | 0.0 | 91.2 | -6.0 |
| Logos Evangelical Seminary | 0 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Maryville University of St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 15 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 113.3 |
| Mid-Continent Universiy KY (Closed) | 0 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Midwest College of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (WI) | 0 | 169 | 0 | 101 | 92 | 80 | 57 | 0.0 | -66.3 | -28.8 |
| Missouri Baptist University (MO) | 0 | 70 | 139 | 147 | 148 | 84 | 122 | 0.0 | 74.3 | 45.2 |
| New Leaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -100.0 |
| Northwood University (MI) | 0 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Nova Southeastern University (FL) | 0 | 73 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Pacific College of Health and Science (CA) | 0 | 218 | 0 | 204 | 189 | 181 | 181 | 0.0 | -17.0 | 0.0 |
| Park University (MO) | 0 | 241 | 0 | 132 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Rasmussen University | 0 | 1,399 | 0 | 2,044 | 2,045 | 2,219 | 2,568 | 0.0 | 83.6 | 15.7 |
| Relay Graduate School of Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 86 | 137 | 227 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 65.7 |
| SAE Institute of Technology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 67 | 78 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -100.0 |
| Southeast Missouri State University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| St. Ambrose University (IA) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| St. Louis University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College | 521 | 753 | 0 | 524 | 199 | 223 | 192 | -63.1 | -74.5 | -13.9 |
| Strayer University | 0 | 0 | 28 | 46 | 37 | 375 | 121 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -67.7 |
| The Chicago School | 845 | 2,245 | 1,561 | 1,418 | 1,363 | 1,271 | 1,209 | 43.1 | -46.1 | -4.9 |
| The Southern Baptist Theol. Sem. (KY) | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Touro University Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| University of Notre Dame (IN) | 0 | 64 | 63 | 109 | 101 | 88 | 113 | 0.0 | 76.6 | 28.4 |
| University of Phoenix (AZ) CLOSED | 0 | 1,196 | 849 | 552 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | 0.0 |
| Upper Iowa University (IA) | 0 | 48 | 0 | 63 | 73 | 98 | 0 | 0.0 | -100.0 | -100.0 |
| Valparaiso University | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Visible Music College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -100.0 |
| Webster University (MO) | 0 | 281 | 213 | 166 | 116 | 0 | 122 | 0.0 | -56.6 | 0.0 |
| Westminster College (MO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -11.1 |
| Out-of-State Institutions Total | 4,005 | 45,138 | 20,015 | 23,365 | 19,706 | 19,861 | 18,818 | 369.9 | -58.3 | -5.3 |
All Sectors | All Institutions Total | 801,548 | 914,763 | 775,184 | 771,886 | 751,942 | 729,430 | 719,348 | -10.3 | -21.4 | -1.4 |
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