College Rankings - Best Schools for City Living in Illinois

One of the coolest things about going to school in a major city is that there's always something going on, whether it's concerts, theater performances, or athletic events. Here's a list of the schools where students experience city living at its finest.

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1
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
$21,284
9.81 / 10
2
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
$27,343
9.74 / 10
3
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
$24,424
9.44 / 10
4
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
$30,656
9.40 / 10
5
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
$25,000
9.14 / 10
6
Art Inst. of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$37,560
8.73 / 10
7
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$41,853
8.54 / 10
8
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL
$15,662
8.26 / 10
9
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL
$14,479
8.18 / 10
10
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
$36,504
8.11 / 10
11
Concordia University Chicago
River Forest, IL
$25,456
8.11 / 10
12
National Louis University
Chicago, IL
$18,895
8.07 / 10
13
North Park University
Chicago, IL
$21,050
7.98 / 10
14
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, IL
$10,526
7.92 / 10
15
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
$16,561
7.90 / 10
16
Illinois
Champaign, IL
$26,670
7.83 / 10
17
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
$38,463
7.79 / 10
18
S Illinois Carbondale
Carbondale, IL
$19,868
7.75 / 10
19
North Central College
Naperville, IL
$26,916
7.68 / 10
20
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, IL
$28,600
7.64 / 10
21
Dominican University
River Forest, IL
$25,560
7.55 / 10
22
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL
$37,774
7.38 / 10
23
Quincy University
Quincy, IL
$24,974
7.34 / 10
24
Saint Xavier University
Chicago, IL
$27,060
7.30 / 10
25
University of St. Francis
Joliet, IL
$26,374
7.30 / 10