List of colleges and universities in Chicago

Community and junior colleges

Public institutions

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

  Private institutions

• Generations College

  Colleges granting bachelor's degrees and above

• Columbia College Chicago
• Hebrew Theological College
• Lake Forest College
• Moody Bible Institute
• North Central College
• St. Augustine College
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Telshe Yeshiva
• Trinity Christian College
• VanderCook College of Music
• Wheaton College

  Universities and graduate schools

Public institutions

• Chicago State University
• Governors State University
• Northeastern Illinois University
• Northern Illinois University
• University of Illinois Chicago

  Private institutions

• Aurora University
• Benedictine University
• Concordia University Chicago
• DePaul University
• Dominican University
• East–West University
• Elmhurst University
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Judson University
• Kendall College
• Lewis University
• Loyola University Chicago
• Midwestern University
• National Louis University
• National University of Health Sciences
• North Park University
• Northwestern University
• Roosevelt University
• Saint Xavier University
• Trinity International University
• University of Chicago
• University of St. Francis
• University of Saint Mary of the Lake

  Programs, graduate- and professional-only

Business

• Booth School of Business
• Kellogg School of Management
• Kellstadt Graduate School of Business
• Lake Forest Graduate School of Management
• Liautaud Graduate School of Business
• Quinlan School of Business
• Stuart School of Business

  Law

• Chicago-Kent College of Law
• DePaul University College of Law
• Loyola University Chicago School of Law
• Northern Illinois University College of Law
• Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
• University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
• University of Chicago Law School

  Medical, dental and healthcare

• Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Feinberg School of Medicine
• Illinois College of Optometry
• Midwestern University
• Pritzker School of Medicine
• Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
• Rush University
• Stritch School of Medicine
• UIC College of Pharmacy
• University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
• University of Illinois College of Medicine

  Religious and theological

• Bexley Seabury
• Catholic Theological Union
• Chicago Theological Seminary
• Christian Life College
• Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary
• Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
• McCormick Theological Seminary
• Meadville Lombard Theological School
• Moody Bible Institute
• North Park Theological Seminary
• Northern Seminary
• Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
• University of Chicago Divinity School

  Social science

• Adler University
• The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
• Erikson Institute
• Institute for Clinical Social Work

  Technology and other areas

• Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

  For-profit

• American InterContinental University
• Chamberlain University
• DeVry University
• Fox College
• Midwest College of Oriental Medicine
• Pacific College of Health and Science
• Rasmussen University
• SAE Institute Chicago
• Taylor Business Institute
• University of Phoenix

  Non-degree-granting career colleges

• Illinois Media School
• Universal Technical Institute

  Defunct

• American Conservatory of Music
• Argosy University
• Barat College, merged with DePaul University
• Bush Conservatory of Music
• Central YMCA College
• The Chicago Conservatory College
• Chicago Technical College
• Coyne College
• Evanston College for Ladies, merged with Northwestern University in 1873
• Everest College
• Flashpoint Chicago
• George Williams College, merged its Wisconsin campus into Aurora University
• Harrington College of Design
• Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago
• Illinois Institute of Art – Schaumburg
• Illinois Technical College
• International Academy of Design & Technology – Schaumburg
• ITT Technical Institute
• Knowledge Systems Institute
• La Salle Extension University
• Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago
• Lexington College
• Mallinckrodt College, merged with Loyola University Chicago
• Mundelein College merged with Loyola University of Chicago
• Northwestern College
• Old University of Chicago
• Robert Morris University Illinois, merged into Roosevelt University in 2020
• Sanford–Brown
• Shimer College, merged with North Central College in Naperville in 2017
• Solex College
• Westwood College