Illinois colleges and universities

There are 134colleges, universities, and technical schools in Illinois. Combined, these Illinoisancolleges and universitiesemploy 142,877 people, earn more than $19 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $55 billion.

Types of colleges and universities in Illinois

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
134
$19,079,669,724
84
$7,386,463,176
25
$11,658,263,863
10
$34,880,599
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Colleges and universities by major Illinois cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
90
$17,835,924,471
7
$261,287,394
6
$130,916,236
3
$-70,000
3
$45,075,270
3
$252,642,435
2
$3,270,529
2
$0
2
$751,421
2
$81,766,269
Showing 10 of 12metros

Job trends for Illinois colleges and universities

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
20
1-10
9
11-25
3
26-100
7
101 to 1,000
23
1,000+
32
Key takeaways for employment stats:

Sizes of colleges and universities in Illinois

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
11
$250k to $1M
9
$1M to $5M
13
$5M to $25M
16
$25M to $100M
23
$100M+
25
Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Directory of colleges and universities in Illinois


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This category corresponds to the "B40: Higher Education Institutions" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.