List of colleges and universities in Chicago

A person walking on the campus of the University of Chicago.

Below is a list of colleges and universities in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Community and senior colleges

• College of DuPage
• Elgin Community College
• Fox College
• Harper College
• Joliet Junior College
• College of Lake County
• MacCormac College
• McHenry County College
• Moraine Valley Community College
• Morton College
• Oakton Community College
• Prairie State College
• South Suburban College
• Triton College
• Waubonsee Community College
• City Colleges of Chicago:
  • Harold Washington College
  • Harry S Truman College
  • Kennedy–King College
  • Malcolm X College
  • Olive–Harvey College
  • Wilbur Wright College
  • Richard J. Daley College

Colleges granting bachelor's degrees and above

• Calumet College of St. Joseph
• Carthage College
• Columbia College (Missouri)
• Columbia College Chicago
• Elmhurst College
• Harrington College of Design
• Hebrew Theological College
• Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago
• Kendall College
• Lake Forest College
• Lexington College
• Moody Bible Institute
• North Central College
• St. Augustine College
• Saint Joseph's College
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Shimer College
• Telshe Yeshiva
• Trinity Christian College
• VanderCook College of Music
• Westwood College
• Wheaton College

Universities

• Aurora University
• Benedictine University
• Chicago State University
• Concordia University Chicago
• DePaul University
• Dominican University
• East–West University
• Governors State University
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Indiana University Northwest
• Judson University
• Lewis University
• Loyola University Chicago
• Midwestern University
• National Louis University
• North Park University
• Northeastern Illinois University
• Northern Illinois University
• Northwestern University
• Purdue University Calumet
• Purdue University North Central
• Robert Morris University
• Roosevelt University
• Rush University
• University of St. Francis
• University of Saint Mary of the Lake
• Saint Xavier University
• Trinity International University
• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois at Chicago
• University of Wisconsin–Parkside
• Valparaiso University

Graduate schools

• Adler School of Professional Psychology
• Catholic Theological Union
• Chicago Theological Seminary
• Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
• Illinois College of Optometry
• Illinois School of Professional Psychology
• John Marshall Law School
• Lake Forest Graduate School of Management
• Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
• Meadville Lombard Theological School
• McCormick Theological Seminary
• Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
• Spertus Institute
• The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
• Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Specialized schools

• American Academy of Art
• Rush Medical College, now part of Rush University
• Illinois College of Optometry
• Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago
• Catholic Theological Union
• Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies