Chicago State University (CSU)
7,035 students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 3,632
Part-time: 3,403
Median age: 28.9
Top major: Education, 1,319
FY08 Approp: $42.8 million
Eastern Illinois University (EIU)
12,349 students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 10,075
Part-time: 2,274
Median age: 21.4
Top major: Education, 2,952
FY08 Approp: $49.1million
Governors State University (GSU)
5,382 students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 1,372,
Part-time: 4,010
Median age: 32.3
Top major: Lib. Arts, 587
FY08 Approp: $27.7 million
Illinois State University (ISU)
20,521 students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 17,828
Part-time: 2,693
Median age: 21.2
Top major:
Education, 3,281
FY08 Approp:
$82.9 million
Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU)
12,056 students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 5,640, Part-time: 6,416
Median age: 25.2
Top major: Education, 1,530
FY08 Approp.: $40.7million
Northern Illinois University (NIU)
25,313 students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 19,321
Part-time: 5,992
Median age: 22.3
Top major: Business, 3,181
FY08 Approp: $105.8 million
Western Illinois University (WIU)
13,602students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 11,168
Part-time: 2,434
Median age: 21.5
Top major: Security, 1,682
FY08 Approp:
$58.2 million
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC)
21,003 students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 16,803
Part-time: 4,200
Median age: 23.3
Top major: Education, 2,039
FY08 Approp: $159.9 million
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE)
13,449 students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 10,396
Part-time: 3,053
Median age: 21.9
Top major: Business, 930
FY08 Approp: $65.3 million
University of Illinois - Chicago (UIC)
24,644 students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 20,230
Part-time: 4,414
Median age: 23.5
Top major:
Business, 2,080
FY08 Approp.: $302.3 million
University of Illinois - Springfield (UIS)
4,761 students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 2,167
Part-time: 2,594
Median age: 27.7
Top major: Business, 624
FY08 Approp: $22.1 million
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
42,738 students (fall ’06)
Full-time: 39,249
Part-time: 3,489
Median age: 21.0
Top major: Engineering, 4,667
FY08 Approp: $282.7 million