Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

19,365 students are using VA education benefits at 173 schools in Illinois. Of those schools, 58 take part in Yellow Ribbon, 47 charge veterans the in-state rate, and 5 carry a VA caution flag.

School	City	Type	On VA benefits
DEVRY University Lisle Yellow Ribbon	Lisle	For-profit	4,543
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville	Edwardsville	Public	806
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign	Public	674
Southwestern Illinois College	Belleville	Public	638
Illinois State University	Normal	Public	624
University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	Public	569
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Yellow Ribbon	Carbondale	Public	538
Depaul University Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	487
Northern Illinois University	Dekalb	Public	472
College of Dupage	Glen Ellyn	Public	432
University of Chicago Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	409
College of Lake County	Grayslake	Public	308
Loyola University Chicago-Water Tower Campus Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	301
Western Illinois University	Macomb	Public	276
University of Illinois at Springfield	Springfield	Public	208
Eastern Illinois University	Charleston	Public	199
Lewis University Yellow Ribbon	Romeoville	Private nonprofit	193
Illinois Central College	East Peoria	Public	189
Lincoln Land Community College	Springfield	Public	183
Harper College	Palatine	Public	182
Joliet Junior College	Joliet	Public	182
Southern Illinois University Extended Campus Carbondale Il	Carbondale	Public	179
Aurora University Yellow Ribbon	Aurora	Private nonprofit	167
Elgin Community College	Elgin	Public	166
Parkland College	Champaign	Public	160
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College	Chicago	Public	155
Columbia College-Chicago Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	153
Waubonsee Community College	Sugar Grove	Public	150
Rock Valley College	Rockford	Public	148
Northwestern University Evanston Campus Yellow Ribbon	Evanston	Private nonprofit	146
Governors State University	University Park	Public	145
Concordia University-Chicago Yellow Ribbon	River Forest	Private nonprofit	144
McKendree University Yellow Ribbon	Lebanon	Private nonprofit	142
McHenry County College	Crystal Lake	Public	139
John a Logan College	Carterville	Public	133
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College	Chicago	Public	130
Wilbur Wright College	Chicago	Public	125
Heartland Community College	Normal	Public	121
Northeastern Illinois University	Chicago	Public	113
Black Hawk College	Moline	Public	112
Moraine Valley Community College	Palos Hills	Public	105
Northwestern University-J L Kellogg School of Management Yellow Ribbon	Evanston	Private nonprofit	105
National-Louis University Yellow Ribbon	Wheeling	Private nonprofit	94
Kennedy-King College	Chicago	Public	92
Prairie State College	Chicago Heights	Public	90
Roosevelt University Yellow Ribbon Flagged	Chicago	Private nonprofit	90
Lake Land College	Mattoon	Public	88
Kaskaskia College	Centralia	Public	87
Triton College	River Grove	Public	87
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive Harvey College	Chicago	Public	84
Bradley University Yellow Ribbon	Peoria	Private nonprofit	83
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College	Chicago	Public	81
Olivet Nazarene University Yellow Ribbon	Bourbonnais	Private nonprofit	81
Lewis and Clark Community College	Godfrey	Public	80
Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park Yellow Ribbon	Melrose Park	For-profit	76
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	71
Elmhurst University Yellow Ribbon	Elmhurst	Private nonprofit	70
Timothy J O'connor Education and Training Academy	Chicago	Public	70
Oakton College	Des Plaines	Public	69
Moody Bible Institute	Chicago	Private nonprofit	68
City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College	Chicago	Public	63
Chicago State University Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Public	60
Universal Technical Institute INC-Lisle	Lisle	For-profit	59
Illinois Valley Community College	Oglesby	Public	56
John Wood Community College	Quincy	Public	54
Western Illinois University-Quad Cities	Moline	Public	54
DEVRY University-Chicago Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	For-profit	52
Rend Lake College	Ina	Public	52
Wheaton College Yellow Ribbon	Wheaton	Private nonprofit	51
Chamberlain University-Chicago Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	For-profit	50
Illinois Institute of Technology Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	48
Danville Area Community College	Danville	Public	47
Rush University Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	47
Saint Xavier University Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	47
South Suburban College	South Holland	Public	47
North Central College Yellow Ribbon	Naperville	Private nonprofit	45
Adler University Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	44
Kankakee Community College	Kankakee	Public	44
Aviation Institute of Maintenance	Chicago	For-profit	43
Midwest Technical Institute-Springfield	Springfield	For-profit	43
Sauk Valley Community College	Dixon	Public	43
Dominican University Yellow Ribbon	River Forest	Private nonprofit	41
Kishwaukee College	Malta	Public	41
Northwestern University School of Professional Studies Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	41
Carl Sandburg College	Galesburg	Public	40
Eti School of Skilled Trades	Willowbrook	For-profit	39
Robert J Quinn Fire Academy	Chicago	Private nonprofit	38
Rockford Career College	Rockford	Private nonprofit	38
Morton College	Cicero	Public	34
North Park University Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	34
Millikin University Yellow Ribbon	Decatur	Private nonprofit	33
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Yellow Ribbon	North Chicago	Private nonprofit	33
Chamberlain University-Tinley Park Yellow Ribbon	Tinley Park	For-profit	32
Richland Community College Flagged	Decatur	Public	32
Augustana College Yellow Ribbon	Rock Island	Private nonprofit	31
Rockford University Yellow Ribbon	Rockford	Private nonprofit	30
Southeastern Illinois College	Harrisburg	Public	30
Greenville University Yellow Ribbon	Greenville	Private nonprofit	29
Shawnee Community College	Ullin	Public	28
University of St Francis Yellow Ribbon	Joliet	Private nonprofit	28
Benedictine University Yellow Ribbon	Lisle	Private nonprofit	27
Midwest Technical Institute-East Peoria	East Peoria	For-profit	27
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	27
Suburban Law Enforcement Academy	Glen Ellyn	Public	25
Highland Community College	Freeport	Public	24
Quincy University Yellow Ribbon	Quincy	Private nonprofit	23
Midwest Technical Institute-Moline	Moline	For-profit	22
The Chicago School Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	21
Olney Central College	Olney	Public	20
Sae Institute of Technology	Chicago	For-profit	20
Fox College Yellow Ribbon	Tinley Park	For-profit	18
Illinois College Yellow Ribbon	Jacksonville	Private nonprofit	18
Illinois Wesleyan University Yellow Ribbon	Bloomington	Private nonprofit	18
Midwestern Career College	Chicago	For-profit	18
Spoon River College	Canton	Public	18
Lake Forest College Yellow Ribbon	Lake Forest	Private nonprofit	17
Monmouth College Yellow Ribbon	Monmouth	Private nonprofit	17
HVAC Technical Institute	Chicago	Public	16
Illinois Media School-Chicago Campus	Chicago	For-profit	16
Midwestern University-Downers Grove Yellow Ribbon	Downers Grove	Private nonprofit	16
Judson University Flagged	Elgin	Private nonprofit	14
Lincoln Trail College	Robinson	Public	14
Progressive Truck Driving School-Lansing	Lansing	For-profit	14
The Soma Institute - the National School of Clinical Massage Therapy	Chicago	For-profit	14
Frontier Community College	Fairfield	Public	13
Rasmussen University - Romeoville Campus Yellow Ribbon	Romeoville	For-profit	13
Knox College Yellow Ribbon	Galesburg	Private nonprofit	12
Loyola University Chicago Maywood Campus Yellow Ribbon	Maywood	Private nonprofit	12
Blackburn College Yellow Ribbon	Carlinville	Private nonprofit	11
Cook County Sheriffs Training Institute	Palos Hills	Public	11
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges - Wabash Valley College	Mt Carmel	Public	10
Illinois Welding School	Romeoville	For-profit	10
Rasmussen University - Aurora Yellow Ribbon	Aurora	For-profit	10
Sauk Valley Community College Police Academy	Dixon	Public	10
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Chicago-Sheridan	Chicago	For-profit	10
Eureka College	Eureka	Private nonprofit	9
Illinois Media School-Chicago O'hare	Chicago	For-profit	9
Methodist College	Peoria	Private nonprofit	9
Progressive Truck Driving School INC	Chicago	For-profit	9
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Bridgeview	Bridgeview	For-profit	9
Flight Innovation INC	Schaumburg	For-profit	8
G Skin & Beauty Institute-Oak Brook	Oak Brook	For-profit	8
Kotra CDL Driving School	Park City	For-profit	8
Midwest Barber Academy	Bolingbrook	Private nonprofit	8
National University of Health Sciences Yellow Ribbon	Lombard	Private nonprofit	8
Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine Yellow Ribbon	Chicago	Private nonprofit	8
Pacific College of Health and Science	Chicago	For-profit	8
Rasmussen University - Mokena - Tinley Park Yellow Ribbon	Mokena	For-profit	8
Romeoville Fire Academy	Romeoville	Private nonprofit	8
Symbol Training Institute	Skokie	For-profit	8
Worsham College of Mortuary Science	Wheeling	For-profit	8
Calc Institute of Technology	Alton	For-profit	7
Chicago Theological Seminary	Chicago	Private nonprofit	7
Denmark College	Chicago	For-profit	7
New Age Spa Institute	Des Plaines	For-profit	7
Rasmussen College-Rockford Yellow Ribbon	Rockford	For-profit	7
St Francis Medical Center College of Nursing	Peoria	Private nonprofit	7
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Normal	Normal	For-profit	7
Universal Spa Training Academy	Downers Grove	For-profit	7
Career Center of Southern Illinois-Beck School of Practical Nursing	Red Bud	Public	6
Chicago Professional Center	Prospect Heights	For-profit	6
Future Fades Academy	Dekalb	For-profit	6
Naperville Skin Institute	Naperville	For-profit	6
Paul Mitchell the School-Tinley Park	Tinley Park	For-profit	6
Phipps Academy of Barbering Flagged	Richton Park	For-profit	6
Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences Yellow Ribbon	Rock Island	Private nonprofit	6
First Institute	Crystal Lake	For-profit	5
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Flagged	Evanston	Private nonprofit	5
Gem City College	Quincy	For-profit	5
Larry's Barber College - Halsted St	Chicago	For-profit	5
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Chicago-Harlem	Chicago	For-profit	5
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Rockford	Rockford	For-profit	5
University St Mary of the Lake-Mundelein Seminary	Mundelein	Private nonprofit	5

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