Illinois Nursing Schools
(found 88 nursing schools)


Median Hourly Wage of Illinois RNs: $28.801
Median Annual Salary of Illinois RNs: $59,9001
State Nursing Board: Illinois Department of Professional Regulation
State Nurses Association: Illinois Nurses Association
State Hospital Association: Illinois Hospital Association
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Listed below are all of the accredited nursing schools in Illinois. If you are trying to become a nurse, and you plan on working in Illinois, you should take a look at the Board of Nursing website (link is at the top of this page), for more information on working as a nurse in that state. Also, when you speak with each school, you should make sure to confirm that it has been approved by the Board (which is a requirement for you to be able to take the national licensing exam, the NCLEX).

Illinois Nursing Schools

Aurora University (Aurora, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Black Hawk College (Moline, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing (Quincy, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, RN to BSN, Second Degree BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Bradley University (Peoria, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Capital Area Career Center (Springfield, IL)
Program Types: LPN/LVN
Carl Sandburg College (Galesburg, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Chicago State University (Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, LPN to BSN, RN to BSN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College (Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College (Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing
City Colleges of Chicago - Olive-Harvey College (Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing
City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College (Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
College of DuPage (Glen Ellyn, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
College of Lake County (Grayslake, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Danville Area Community College (Danville, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN, LPN/LVN
DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL)
Program Types: RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Elgin Community College (Elgin, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Everest College (Burr Ridge, IL / Chicago, IL / North Aurora, IL / Skokie, IL)
Program Types: LPN/LVN
Governors State University (University Park, IL)
Program Types: Doctor of Nursing Practice, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Harry S. Truman College (Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Heartland Community College (Normal, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Highland Community College (Freeport, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Illinois Central College (Peoria, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Illinois Eastern Community College (Fairfield, IL / Mt. Carmel, IL / Olney, IL / Robinson, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Illinois State University (Normal, IL)
ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Masters in Nursing, PhD in Nursing, RN to BSN, Second Degree BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Illinois Valley Community College (Oglesby, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
John A. Logan College (Carterville, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
John Wood Community College (Quincy, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Joliet Junior College (Joliet, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Kankakee Community College (Kankakee, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Kaskaskia College (Centralia, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Kentucky Christian University (Kankakee, IL)
Program Types: LPN to ADN
Kishwaukee College (Malta, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN, LPN/LVN
Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Lakeview College of Nursing (Danville, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, RN to BSN, Second Degree BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited, NLNAC accredited
Lewis & Clark Community College (Godfrey, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Lincoln Land Community College (Springfield, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Masters in Nursing, Second Degree BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
MacMurray College (Jacksonville, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, LPN to BSN, RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
McHenry County College (Crystal Lake, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
McKendree University (Lebanon, IL)
Program Types: Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Methodist College of Nursing (Peoria, IL)
ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED
Program Types: RN to BSN, Second Degree BSN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Millikin University (Decatur, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Direct Entry MSN, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Moraine Valley Community College (Palos Hills, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Morton College (Cicero, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
North Park University (Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Oakton Community College (Des Plaines, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Parkland College (Champaign, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Prairie State College (Chicago Heights, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Rend Lake College (Ina, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Richard J. Daley College (Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Richland Community College (Decatur, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Robert Morris College (Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing
Rock Valley College (Rockford, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Rockford College (Rockford, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (North Chicago, IL)
Program Types: Masters in Nursing
Accreditation: AANA/CANAEP accredited
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, IL)
ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED
Program Types: Direct Entry MSN, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Masters in Nursing, PhD in Nursing
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Saint Anthony College of Nursing (Rockford, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing (Peoria, IL)
ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Sanford-Brown College (Collinsville, IL)
Program Types: LPN/LVN
Sauk Valley Community College (Dixon, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing
Shawnee College (Illinois, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN, LPN/LVN
South Suburban College (South Holland, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Southeastern Illinois College (Harrisburg, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Edwardsville, IL)
ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN, Second Degree BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Southwestern Illinois College (Belleville, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
Spoon River College (Canton, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN, LPN/LVN
St. John’s College (Springfield, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences (Rock Island, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, Second Degree BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited, NLNAC accredited
Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences (Rock Island, IL)
Program Types: RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Triton College (River Grove, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
University of Saint Francis (Joliet, IL)
ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, LPN to ADN, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
University of St. Francis (Joliet, IL)
ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Masters in Nursing
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Waubonsee Community College (Sugar Grove, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to ADN
West Suburban College of Nursing (Oak Park, IL)
ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Direct Entry MSN, Masters in Nursing, RN to BSN, Second Degree BSN
Accreditation: CCNE accredited
Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)
Program Types: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, RN to BSN
William Rainey Harper College (Palatine, IL)
Program Types: Associate Degree Nursing, LPN/LVN
Accreditation: NLNAC accredited
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1.Source: United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007.

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