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).
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(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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| Benedictine University ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED Campus Location(s): Lisle, IL / Springfield, IL Accreditation: CCNE accredited, NLNAC accredited Featured Programs: Master of Science in Nursing |  |
| Chamberlain College of Nursing ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED Campus Location(s): Addison, IL Accreditation: CCNE accredited, NLNAC accredited Featured Programs: Fast Track RN to BSN Degree Completion Program Nurse Educator Nurse Executive |  |
| Lewis University ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED Campus Location(s): Romeoville, IL Accreditation: CCNE accredited Featured Programs: Nursing Administration Nursing Education |  |
| Olivet Nazarene University ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED Campus Location(s): Bourbonnais, IL Accreditation: CCNE accredited Featured Programs: Nursing Education Nursing Leadership Nursing Management |  |
| Saint Xavier University ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED Campus Location(s): Chicago, IL Accreditation: CCNE accredited Featured Programs: Clinical Nurse Leader |  |
| University of Illinois at Chicago ONLINE PROGRAMS OFFERED Campus Location(s): Chicago, IL Accreditation: CCNE accredited Featured Programs: BSN Degree Completion Program |  |
| 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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