Illinois Yellow Ribbon Program Schools
Below is a list of every Illinois college and university participating in the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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| Name of College/University | Location (City) | Division or School | Number of Students | Max Annual Contribution Per Student |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adler School of Professional Psychology | Chicago | Graduate | 3 | $25000.00 |
| Adler School of Professional Psychology | Chicago | Doctoral | 3 | $25000.00 |
| American College of Education | Chicago | School of Education – Graduate | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| American Intercontinental University – Online | Hoffman Estates | All | Unlimited | $40000.0 |
| Argosy University – Chicago | Chicago | Graduate | Unlimited | $3200.00 |
| Argosy University – Chicago | Chicago | School of Psychology – Graduate | Unlimited | $4000.00 |
| Argosy University – Chicago | Chicago | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Argosy University – Chicago Northwest | Schaumburg | Graduate | Unlimited | $3200.00 |
| Argosy University – Chicago Northwest | Schaumburg | School of Psychology – Graduate | Unlimited | $4000.00 |
| Argosy University – Chicago Northwest | Schaumburg | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Augustana College | Rock Island | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $9250.00 |
| Aurora University | Aurora | All | 50 | $1500.00 |
| Benedictine University | Lisle | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $4350.00 |
| Benedictine University | Lisle | Graduate | Unlimited | $9600.00 |
| Benedictine University | Lisle | Doctoral | Unlimited | $9600.00 |
| Blackburn College | Carlinville | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing | Quincy | Undergraduate | 5 | $7500.00 |
| Bradley University | Peoria | All | 100 | $5000.00 |
| Calumet College of St. Joseph | Chicago | Undergraduate | 5 | $4000.00 |
| Calumet College of St. Joseph | Chicago | Graduate | 5 | $4000.00 |
| Chamberlain College of Nursing | Addison | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Chicago State University | Chicago | School of Pharmacy | 30 | $10000.00 |
| Columbia College | Chicago | Undergraduate/Graduate | 100 | $2000.00 |
| Columbia College – Crystal Lake | Crystal Lake | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Columbia College – Elgin | Elgin | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Columbia College – Freeport | Freeport | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Columbia College – Lake County | Gurnee | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Concordia University – Chicago | River Forest | All | 100 | $3000.00 |
| DePaul University | Chicago | Professional – Business | Unlimited | $6528.00 |
| DePaul University | Chicago | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $8900.00 |
| DePaul University | Chicago | Professional – Law | Unlimited | $11820.00 |
| DePaul University | Chicago | Graduate | Unlimited | $4000.00 |
| DeVry University – Addison | Addison | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| DeVry University – Chicago | Chicago | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| DeVry University – Downers Grove – Keller Graduate School of Management | Downers Grove | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| DeVry University – Online | Naperville | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| DeVry University – Tinley Park | Tinley Park | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Elmhurst College | Elmhurst | All | 50 | $7000.00 |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Rockford | Rockford | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Fox College | Bedford Park | Undergraduate | 6 | $1800.00 |
| Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary | Evanston | Seminary – Graduate | 75 | $8265.00 |
| Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary | Evanston | Seminary – Doctoral | 24 | $8265.00 |
| Greenville College | Greenville | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $5000.00 |
| Greenville College | Greenville | Graduate | Unlimited | $5000.00 |
| Harrington College of Design | Chicago | All | 15 | $1000.00 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago | Stuart School of Business – Graduate | 25 | $5000.00 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago | Kent College of Law – Graduate | 8 | $9449.00 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | Bloomington | Undergraduate | 20 | $13000.00 |
| ITT Technical Institute – Burr Ridge | Burr Ridge | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| ITT Technical Institute – Mount Prospect | Mount Prospect | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| ITT Technical Institute – Orland Park | Orland Park | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Kendall College | Chicago | Undergraduate | 30 | $3000.00 |
| Knox College | Galesburg | All | 10 | $10500.00 |
| Lake Forest Graduate School of Management | Lake Forest | Graduate | 999 | $99999.00 |
| Lewis University – Illinois | Romeoville | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Lewis University – Illinois | Romeoville | Graduate | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Lewis University – Illinois | Romeoville | Doctoral | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Lincoln College of Technology | Melrose Park | Undergraduate | 5 | $1000.00 |
| Lindenwood University | Belleville | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Loyola University – Chicago | Chicago | Graduate | Unlimited | $5000.00 |
| Loyola University – Chicago | Chicago | School of Business – Graduate | Unlimited | $7500.00 |
| Loyola University – Chicago | Chicago | School of Law – Graduate | Unlimited | $10000.00 |
| Loyola University – Chicago | Chicago | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $15000.00 |
| MacMurray College | Jacksonville | All | 100 | $99999.00 |
| McKendree University | Lebanon | College of Arts and Sciences | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| McKendree University | Lebanon | School of Business | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| McKendree University | Lebanon | School of Education | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| McKendree University | Lebanon | School of Nursing / Health | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Meadville Lombard Theological School | Chicago | Graduate | 2 | $500.00 |
| Millikin University | Decatur | Graduate | 5 | $5000.00 |
| Millikin University | Decatur | Undergraduate | 15 | $7000.00 |
| Monmouth College | Monmouth | Undergraduate | 25 | $6500.00 |
| National-Louis University – Online | Wheeling | All of the above included | Um;imited | |
| National-Louis University (All IL Campuses) | Wheeling | College of Arts and Sciences – Graduate | Unlimited | $1786.00 |
| National-Louis University (All IL Campuses) | Wheeling | College of Arts and Sciences – Doctoral | Unlimited | $1786.00 |
| National-Louis University (All IL Campuses) | Wheeling | College of Management and Business – Graduate | Unlimited | $1786.00 |
| National-Louis University (All IL Campuses) | Wheeling | National College of Education – Graduate | Unlimited | $1786.00 |
| National-Louis University (All IL Campuses) | Wheeling | National College of Education – Doctoral | Unlimited | $1786.00 |
| National-Louis University (All IL Campuses) | Wheeling | College of Management and Business-Undergraduate | Unlimited | $2237.00 |
| National-Louis University (All IL Campuses) | Wheeling | National College of Education-Undergraduate | Unlimited | $2237.00 |
| National-Louis University (All IL Campuses) | Wheeling | College of Arts and Sciences – Undergraduate | Unlimited | $2370.00 |
| North Central College | Naperville | Graduate | Unlimited | $3000.00 |
| North Central College | Naperville | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $7000.00 |
| North Park University | Chicago | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston | Bienen School of Music – Graduate | 1 | $3000.00 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston | School of Continuing Studies – Graduate | 10 | $3000.00 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston | Medill School – Graduate | 5 | $7500.00 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $10000.00 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston | Graduate | Unlimited | $12000.00 |
| Northwestern University – Feinberg School of Medicine | Chicago | Feinberg School of Medicine | 10 | $10000.00 |
| Northwestern University – J.L. Kellogg School of Management | Evanston | Kellogg School of Management | 50 | $10000.00 |
| Northwestern University Law School | Chicago | Law School | 10 | $10000.00 |
| Northwood University – Illinois Outreach | Lisle | Undergraduate/Graduate | 50 | $3500.00 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | Bourbonnais | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Quincy University | Quincy | Graduate | 2 | $5000.00 |
| Quincy University | Quincy | Undergraduate | 73 | $10000.00 |
| Rasmussen College | Rockford | Undergraduate | 100 | $3000.00 |
| Robert Morris University – Illinois | Chicago | Undergraduate/Graduate | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Rockford College | Rockford | Undergraduate | 35 | $99999.00 |
| Rockford College | Rockford | Graduate | 15 | $99999.00 |
| Roosevelt University | Chicago | Graduate | Unlimited | $1500.00 |
| Roosevelt University | Chicago | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $2500.00 |
| Saint Xavier University | Chicago | College of Arts and Scienes – All | Unlimited | $7000.00 |
| Saint Xavier University | Chicago | School of Edcuation – All | Unlimited | $7000.00 |
| Saint Xavier University | Chicago | School of Nursing – All | Unlimited | $7000.00 |
| Saint Xavier University | Chicago | Graham School of Management – All | Unlimited | $7000.00 |
| Saint Xavier University | Chicago | School for Continuing and Professional Studies | Unlimited | $7000.00 |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | All | Unlimited | $7500.00 |
| Shimer College | Chicago | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $13000.00 |
| Southern Illinois University – Carbondale | Carbondale | Graduate | 10 | $2068.05 |
| The Chicago School of Professional Psychology | Chicago | Graduate | 2 | $3600.00 |
| The Chicago School of Professional Psychology | Chicago | Doctoral | 1 | $6000.00 |
| The Chicago School of Professional Psychology – Online | Chicago | Graduate | 2 | $2500.00 |
| The Chicago School of Professional Psychology – Online | Chicago | Doctoral | 2 | $2500.00 |
| The John Marshall Law School | Chicago | Law School – Graduate | 10 | $10000.00 |
| Trinity Christian College | Palos Heights | College | 100 | $99999.00 |
| Trinity International University | Deerfield | Trinity Evangelical Divinity School – Graduate | Unlimited | $600.00 |
| Trinity International University | Deerfield | Trinity Evangelical Divinity School – Doctoral | Unlimited | $800.00 |
| Trinity International University | Deerfield | Trinity College – Undergraduate | Unlimited | $5000.00 |
| Trinity International University | Deerfield | Trinity Graduate School – Graduate | Unlimited | $100.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Graham School of General Studies | 3 | $4227.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | School of Social Services Administration | 10 | $4540.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Harris School of Public Policy | 3 | $5000.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Law School | 4 | $5500.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Divinity School | 2 | $6085.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Biological Sciences Division | 4 | $6620.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | School of Physical Sciences | 20 | $6800.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Pritzker School of Medicine | 5 | $7250.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Humanities Division | 12 | $9600.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Social Sciences Division | 15 | $9600.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Booth School of Business | 9 | $10000.00 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Undergraduate | 30 | $99999.00 |
| University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign | Champaign | Undergraduate | 25 | $99999.00 |
| University of Phoenix | Schaumburg | All | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| University of St. Francis | Joliet | Graduate | 50 | $2500.00 |
| University of St. Francis | Joliet | Undergraduate | 50 | $6500.00 |
| Upper Iowa University – Rockford | Rockford | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $7284.00 |
| VanderCook College of Music | Chicago | Undergraduate | 1 | $500.00 |
| Vaterott College – Quincy | Quincy | Undergraduate | Unlimited | $5000.00 |
| Webster University – Great Lakes Naval Base | Elgin | Graduate | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Webster University – Scott AFB | Scott AFB | Graduate | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Webster University-Elgin | Elgin | Graduate | Unlimited | $99999.00 |
| Westwood College – Dupage Campus | Woodridge | All | Unlimited | $6000.00 |
| Westwood College – O’Hare | Chicago | All | Unlimited | $6000.00 |
| Westwood College – River Oaks | Calumet City | All | Unlimited | $6000.00 |
| Westwood College of Technology | Chicago | All | Unlimited | $6000.00 |
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