U.S. News 2025 top colleges list is out. Here's how Illinois schools rank

U.S. News & World Report has issued its 2025 Best Colleges rankings.

Two universities in Illinois made the top 20 list of Best National Universities .

Northwestern University was tied for sixth and the University of Chicago tied for 11th on the list, which ranks schools that offer a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master's and doctoral programs.

How Illinois colleges rank on U.S. News & World Report Best National Universities

Listed with tuition and fees.

• Northwestern University, Evanston #6 (tie) | $68,322
• University of Chicago, Chicago #11 (tie) | $69,324
• University of Illinois-Champaign, Champaign #33 (tie) | $36,760 out-of-state | $17,640 in-state
• University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago #80 (tie) | $33,726 out-of-state | $18,180 in-state
• Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago #105 (tie) | $52,386
• Loyola University Chicago, Chicago #132 (tie) | $53,710
• DePaul University, Chicago #165 (tie) | $45,999
• Bradley University, Peoria # 189 (tie) | $42,160
• Illinois State University, Normal #220 (tie) | $27,524 out-of-state | $15,459 in-state
• Aurora University, Aurora #273 (tie) | $28,220
• Northern Illinois University, DeKalb #273 (tie) | $13,058
• Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Carbondale #288 (tie) | $13,334
• University of St. Francis, Joliet #296 (tie) | $38,110
• Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Edwardsville #359 (tie) | $12,922
• National Louis University, Chicago #392-434 | N/A
• Roosevelt University, Chicago #392-434 | $21,280
• Trinity International University, Deerfield #392-434 | $12,320

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Top 10 college rankings from U.S. News & World Report

Listed with tuition and fees

• 1 Princeton University, New Jersey | $62,400
• 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass | $62,396
• 3 Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass | $61,676
• 4 Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. | $64,910
• 5 Yale University, New Haven, Conn. | $67,250
• 6 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. | $65,898
• 6 Duke University, Durham, N.C. | $69,140
• 6 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. | $65,230
• 6 Northwestern University, Evanston | $68,322
• 10 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. | $68,686

The full list is at usnews.com

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