IL Education

The University of Illinois began as Illinois Industrial University in 1867. In 1885 it became one of the original Land-Grant State Universities. The University has the largest public university library in the country. There are approximately 42,000 total students enrolled, 88% from Illinois and almost 3000 faculty, including 21 Nobel prize winners and 20 Pulitzer prize winners. - [Read more]

DePaul, located in Chicago, was founded in 1898 by the Congregation of the Mission religious community and remains the nation's largest private Catholic University in the country. There are over 23,000 students and 1521 faculty members. It has been ranked #1 in the "Happy Students" category by the Princeton Review. Application procedures and more information about the school available online. - [Read more]

The University of Illinois at Chicago was formed in 1982. Today there are about 25,000 students at UIC, making it the largest University in the Chicago area. There are more than 2000 faculty members. Besides the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UIC has Colleges of Applied Health, Art and Architecture, Business Administration, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Social Work, and more. - [Read more]