Colleges and Universities

You will find a more extensive list in Appendix D. Here you have some citation of the most popular ones.

• Du Page County
  • College of DuPage (http://www.cod.edu/)

    425 22nd Street

    Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599

    (630) 942-2800

    College of DuPage (C.O.D.) is the comprehensive community college for Illinois Community College District 502, located 35 miles west of downtown Chicago in the village of Glen Ellyn, IL. Since its founding in 1967, the college has graduated more than a half million students. C.O.D. has become the largest single campus community college in the United States.

  • Benedictine University: (http://www.ben.edu/)

    Benedictine University

    5700 College Road

    Lisle, IL 60532

    (630) 829-6000

    An academic community committed to liberal arts and professional education guided by a Roman Catholic tradition. It has undergraduate and graduate programs.

  • Elmhurst College: (http://www.elmhurst.edu)

    190 Prospect Avenue

    Elmhurst, Illinois 60126-3296

    (630) 617-3500

    It has a wide range of programs at undergraduate and graduate level.

  • North Central College (http://www.noctrl.edu)

    30 N. Brainard St.

    P.O. Box 3063

    Naperville, IL 60566

    (630) 637-5100 or (800) 411-1861

    North Central College is an independent, comprehensive college of the liberal arts and sciences affiliated with The United Methodist Church. Founded in 1861, the College is recognized as one of "America's Best Colleges" and "Best College Values" by U.S. News & World Report, is ranked among the "top choices for top students" by Peterson's Competitive Colleges, and has been called one of the "Best Buys in College Education" today by the editors of Baron's 300.

  • Wheaton College (http://www.wheaton.edu/)

    501 College Ave.

    Wheaton, Il 60187

    (630) 752-5000

    Wheaton College is a private, interdenominational Christian college established in Wheaton, Illinois in 1860 as a coed institution. It has approximately 2,300 undergraduate students (51% female, 49% male; 13% are multicultural) from all 50 states and approximately 400 graduate students, many from countries overseas.

• Kane County
  • Waubonsee Community College (http://www.wcc.cc.il.us)

    2060 Ogden Avenue

    Aurora, IL 60506

    630/585-7900

  • Aurora University (http://www.aurora.edu)

    347 S. Gladstone Ave.

    Aurora, IL 60506

    630/892-6431

    Aurora University is an independent, comprehensive university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs and specialized courses. The main campus is in Aurora, Illinois and there are two additional campuses-on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago and along Lake Geneva in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. The average age of the students is 24 for undergraduates and 31 for graduate students. AU is organized into five schools: University College of Arts and Sciences, George Williams College, School of Business and Professional Studies, School of Nursing, and New College: A Center for Lifelong and Professional Education. AU is a member of the NCAA Division III and participates in six men's and five women's intercollegiate sports.

More public universities in other counties

• Chicago State University (http://www.csu.edu)

• Eastern Illinois University (http://www.eiu.edu)

• Governors State University (http://www.govst.edu)

• Illinois Institute of Art (http://ilia.aii.edu)

• Illinois State University (http://www.ilstu.edu)

• Lincoln Land Community College (http://llcc.cc.il.us/)

• Northeastern Illinois University (http://www.neiu.edu)

• Northern Illinois University (http://www.niu.edu)

• Southern Illinois University (http://www.siu.edu)

• University of Illinois (http://www.uillinois.edu)

• Western Illinois University (http://www.wiu.edu)