Lydia Said:

What are good universities near the Chicago area? colleges that have winter or summer courses?

We Answered:

Loyola-Chicago

Dan Said:

How many colleges and universities are in the CITY of Chicago? (suburbs not included)?

We Answered:

To some degree, this will depend on your definition of a college/university. The National Center for Education Statistics allows you to search for colleges by city. Its results include everything that might count as a college/university, including many vocational programs (barber colleges, etc,), community colleges, and so on. It lists 79 specifically within Chicago:

http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/index.a…

Oddly, the Illinois Board of Higher Education site lists 86 programs when you search for Chicago as the Institution City, but when you look at the results, you'll see that many of the city listings are actually blank and seem to be for out-of-state schools:

http://www.ibhe.state.il.us/InstitutionP…
(you'll need to actually run the search, the link for results can't be pasted)

What's odd is that, if you take out the "blanks," you have fewer than the DOE listing. Still, it might be worth looking over the two lists to see if institutions are listed on one but not the other.

Hope this is helpful!

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Gary Said:

Veterinary Colleges/Universities/Programs in Chicago area?

We Answered:

UIC has prevet, but no vet school. I think Urbana's the only one in the state with the Vet school.

Sherri Said:

Chicago Colleges.?

We Answered:

Robert Morris College has a nursing program, its a private college and the program is accelerated, which means if you don't keep up, you're dropped
it is VERY hard sometimes, but worth it, you get out in 2.5 yrs with an associates & they help you getting a job and everything afterwards, even WAY after graduating

Brenda Said:

I'm looking for colleges or universities in chicago that focus on the arts - especially music and theatre?

We Answered:

Columbia College
DePaul University- doesnt seem like it would but actually has a great music/theatre program