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2021 Best Colleges in Illinois for Students from Italy

9 Colleges
$45,371 Avg Tuition & Fees*
58% Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Italian Students in Illinois ranking is part of that endeavor.

We analyzed 9 colleges and universities across Illinois to determine which were the best for Italian students in Illinois. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

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Top Colleges in Illinois for Students from Italy

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

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Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for Italian students in Illinois in this year’s ranking. Northwestern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 2,722 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 16.3% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at Northwestern are China, India, and South Korea.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Italian students in Illinois. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 2,163 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 26.6% are international. Students studying at UChicago come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 9,305 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 19.2% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at UIUC are China, India, and South Korea.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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A rank of #4 on our list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great place for Italian students in Illinois working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Chicago, Illinois, the large public school handed out 5,247 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 10.4% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at UIC are India, China, and Iran.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Italian students in Illinois. Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3,353 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 3.8% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Saudi Arabia come to Loyola Chicago to study.

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Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #6 spot on the 2021 Best Colleges for Italian Students in Illinois. Located in Chicago, Illinois, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 620 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 33.9% are international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Spain come to Illinois Tech to study.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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DePaul University did quite well in the 2021 Best Colleges for Italian Students in Illinois ranking, coming in at #7. This large private not-for-profit school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3,335 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 5.1% are international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Saudi Arabia come to DePaul to study.

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago ranked #8 on this year’s Best Colleges for Italian Students in Illinois list. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 588 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

International students make up 30.8% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at School of the Art Institute of Chicago are China, South Korea, and India.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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Columbia College Chicago landed the #9 spot on the 2021 Best Colleges for Italian Students in Illinois. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 1,335 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 3.9% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, South Korea, and India come to Columbia to study.

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Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 9 schools only.

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