Education Opportunities - Pre-Licensure Education

Black Hawk College

Moline

Carl Sandburg College, Carthage

Galesburg

CCC-School of Nursing at Malcolm X

Chicago

Illinois Central College

Peoria

Illinois Valley Community College

Oglesby

John A Logan Community College

Cartervill, Du Quoin

Kankakee Community College

Kankakee

Kaskaskia College, Centralia

East St. Louis and Centralia

Lake Land College

Mattoon

Lincoln Land Community College

Springfield, Jacksonville, Hillsboro

Parkland College

Champaign

Richland Community College-AD

Decatur

Suak Valley College

Dixon

Shawnee Community College

Ullin

Southeastern Illinois College

Harrisburg

Southwestern Illinois College Granite City

East St. Louis, Red Bud

William Rainey Harper College

Palatine

Beck School of Practical Nursing

Redbud

Capital Area School of Practical Nursing

Springfield

Americare Technical School

Chicago

Aquarius Institute

Des Plaines

ATS Institute of Technology

Chicago

CAAN, Coalition of African American Nurses, Inc.

Matteson

CALC Institute of Technology

Alton

First Step to Excellence Academy

Chicago

Genesis Healthcare Institute

Romeoville

Great Paragon Healthcare, Inc.

Chicago

Illinois College of Nursing

Lombard

New Lake College

Hanover Park

Northshore College

Wheeling

Scott School of Careers

Chicago

State Career College

Waukegan

Verve College

Chicago, Oak Brook

*Private Business and Vocational Schools (PBVS). For more information, see the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) website: https://www.ibhe.org/pbvsApprovedDir.aspx

Ambria College of Nursing

Hoffman Estates

Black Hawk College

Moline

CAAN, Coalition of African American Nurses, Inc.

Matteson

Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg

CCC-School of Nursing at Malcolm X

Chicago

College of DuPage

* Ladder option

Glen Ellyn

College of Lake County

Grayslake

Danville Area Community College

* Ladder option

Danville

Elgin Community College

Elgin

Heartland Community College

* Ladder option

Normal

Highland Community College

Freeport

Illinois Central College

East Peoria

IL Eastern Community College-AD

* Ladder option

Olney, Fairfield, Robinson, Mt. Carmel

Illinois Valley Community College

Olglesby

Instituto College

Chicago

John A Logan College

Carterville

John Wood Community College

* Ladder option

Quincy

Joliet Junior College

* Ladder option

Joliet

Kankakee Community College

Kankakee

Kaskaskia College

Centralia

Kishwaukee College

Malta

Lake Land College

Mattoon

Lewis & Clark Community College

Godfrey

Lincoln Land Community College

Springfield

McHenry County College

Crystal Lake

Morraine Valley Community College

* Ladder option

Palos Hills, Blue Island

Morton College

* Ladder option

Cicero

Oakton Community College

* Ladder option

Des Plaines

Parkland College

Champaign

Prairie State College

Chicago Hghts

Rasmussen College

Rockford, Romeoville/Joliet, Chicago, Aurora, Mokena

Rend Lake College

* Ladder option

Ina

Richland Community College

Decatur

Rock Valley College

Rockford

Sauk Valley College

Dixon

Shawnee Comunity College

Ullin

South Suburban College

South Holland

Southeastern Illinois College

Harrisburg

Southwestern Illinois College Belleville

Belleville

Spoon River College

* Ladder option

Canton

Triton Community College

River Grove

Waubonsee Community College

Sugar Grove, Aurora

William Rainey Harper College

Palatine

*Note: Ladder Option: this is an RN program only – with an LPN “option out”.  These schools do not have a corresponding stand alone LPN program.  These schools do have an approved LPN program code so that students may take the LPN licensure exam after a certain time designated by the curriculum.  Contact the school for further information.

Aurora University

Aurora

Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Quincy

Bradley University

*ACCL

Peoria

Chamberlain College of Nursing

Addison, Chicago, Tinley Park

Chicago State University

Chicago

DePaul University, College of Science and Health, School of Nursing

Chicago

Dominican University

River Forest

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston

Elmhurst College

Elmhurst

Illinois College, Department of Nursing

Jacksonville

Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington

Lakeview College of Nursing

Danville

Lewis University

*ACCL

Romeoville

Loyola University

*ACCL

Chicago, Maywood

Mennonite College of Nursing at ISU

*ACCL

Normal

Methodist College

Peoria

Millikin University

Decatur

North Park University

Chicago

Northern Illinois University

DeKalb

Olivet Nazarene University

*ACCL

Bourbonnais

Rockford University

Rockford

Roosevelt University

Chicago

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

*ACCL

Edwardsville

St. Anthony College of NRSG-DE

Rockford

St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing

Peoria

St. John’s College, Department of Nursing

*ACCL

Springfield, Greenville

St. Xavier University-DE

*ACCL

Chicago

Trinity Christian College

*ACCL

Palos Heights

Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences

*ACCL

Rock Island

University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago

University of Illinois Springfield

Springfield

University of Illinois at Urbana

Urbana

University of St. Francis, Leach College of Nursing

Joliet

Western Illinois University

Macomb

*Note: ACCL = Accelerated RN Baccalaureate Program: one of the admission criteria into this program is a baccalaureate or higher degree in another discipline.

*Note: The RN Baccalaureate Programs listed above with “*ACCL” also have a generic/undergraduate RN program.

Aurora University

Aurora, IL

DePaul University, College of Science and Health, School of Nursing

Chicago, North Chicago

Elmhurst College

Elmhurst

Methodist College

Peoria

Milikin University

Decatur

North Park University

Rosalind Franklin University College of Nursing

North Chicago

Rush University

Chicago

Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Rock Island

University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago, Springfield, Urbana

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign