2021 Best Colleges in Illinois for Students from Netherlands

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Dutch Students in Illinois ranking - to help you make that decision.

Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for Dutch students in Illinois. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

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Top Colleges in Illinois for Students from Netherlands

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

$60,963 Avg Tuition & Fees

26.6% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named University of Chicago the best school for Dutch students in Illinois working on their bachelor’s degree. UChicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2,163 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 26.6% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at UChicago are 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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2

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

$60,768 Avg Tuition & Fees

16.3% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Dutch students in Illinois list. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2,722 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

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.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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3

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

$42,012 Avg Tuition & Fees

5.1% International Students

A rank of #3 on our list means DePaul University is a great place for Dutch students in Illinois working on their bachelor’s degree. 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. The top three countries sending students to study at DePaul are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

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4

Trinity Christian College
Palos Heights, IL

$33,275 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.0% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity Christian College. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. Palos Heights, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 336 students in 2020-2021.

Around 4.0% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Trinity Christian are South Korea, China, and Netherlands.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

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

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.