REVIEWED INSTITUTION LOCATIONS

Colleges and institutions in Chicago.

Explore 75 postsecondary institutions recorded as active and public-facing in their connected NCES IPEDS directory year, with a reporting location of Chicago, Illinois.

What is in this list?

The directory includes 29 private for-profit institutions, 35 private nonprofit institutions, 11 public institutions. Institution types describe the organization; check the exact course and award level separately.

Directory reporting years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025. Comparable historical tuition records are connected for 34 of these 75 institutions. Missing price data does not mean an institution charges no tuition.

This is a city-field match to reviewed records. Nearby municipalities and other campuses may have separate listings. Explore the wider Illinois directory →

Institutions to research

Four-year

University of Illinois Chicago ↗

Public · Chicago, IL

Out-of-state tuition and fees: $29,884 · 2024-25

Four-year

University of Phoenix-Illinois ↗

Private for-profit · Chicago, IL

Four-year

VanderCook College of Music ↗

Private nonprofit · Chicago, IL

Out-of-state tuition and fees: $30,910 · 2024-25

Plan costs and location together

A tuition figure does not include the full cost of living in Chicago. Verify your student category and academic year, then add housing, meals, insurance, travel and other expenses using your own current estimates. The listed out-of-state prices do not establish international-student charges.

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