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 Higher
Education
www.siue.edu. Southern Illinois University's Edwardsville
branch is located on the SW side of Edwardsville on a beautiful
2600 acre campus. It's an incredible amenity to the community,
(making it a "college town", and offers not only broad
undergraduate programs, but post-graduate, broad offerings in
continuing education, entertainment, and broad opportunities for
citizen involvement in many activites. It's obviously an economic
engine of magnitude, having about 4,500 employees. It contributes
to the fact that Edwardsville Township, in addition to having
the highest mean and median incomes in downstate Illinois, also
has the highest educational level. A detailed web site with a
huge amount of information.
The University
of Illinois
McKendree
College
Southwestern
Illinois College
Higher
Education: Public
Generally,
credits earned at Illinois community colleges are transferable
toward a degree at the senior universities.
The
state has 49 two-year public colleges which provide opportunities
for the traditional college student who wishes to transfer to
a four-year college or university as well as those seeking additional
training or retraining below the baccalaureate level. For information
contact the local community college, or:
Illinois
Board of Higher Education - 4 West Old Capitol Plaza, Room 500,
Springfield 62701
(217) 782-2551, or 
http://www.ibhe.state.il.us
Illinois
Community College Board - 401 East Capitol, Springfield 62701-1711,
(217) 785-0123
Senior
universities are:
Chicago
State University - Chicago
Northeastern Illinois University - Chicago
Governor's State University - University Park
Eastern Illinois University - Charleston
Northern Illinois University - DeKaib
Southern Illinois University - Edwardslle and Carbondale
Western Illinois University - Macomb
Illinois State University - Normal
University of Illinois - Springfield, Chicago and Champaign/Urbana
with the Medical Center Campus also in Chicago
Higher
Education: Private
Private
educational facilities include ten junior colleges, more than
35 colleges, ten theological schools, ten universities and a number
of professional and technical schools. Universities include:
Bradley
University - Peoria
DePaul University - Chicago
Illinois Wesleyan University - Bloomington
Lewis University - Romeoville
Loyola University of Chicago - Chicago
Millikjn University - Decatur
Northwestern University - Evanston
Roosevelt University - Chicago
Rush University - Chicago
The University of Chicago - Chicago
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