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Logo for the centennial of land-grant universities. A land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890, [1] or a beneficiary under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. [2]
Abingdon College (1853–1888), in Abingdon, merged with Eureka College in 1885, campus closed in 1888. Argosy University (2001–2019, Chicago, Schaumburg) Barat College (1858–2005), in Lake Forest, became a part of DePaul University in 2001. Barat campus closed in 2005. Brown's Business College (1876–1994), numerous locations around Illinois.
Currently, there are 364 institutions classified as Division I (including those in the process of transitioning from other divisions). [1] An additional 206 institutions in one of the NCAA's other two divisions compete or will compete in Division I in at least one sport. All colleges and universities on this list are located in the United ...
Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Illinois Tech and IIT, is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the merger of the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute in 1940. The university has programs in architecture, business, communications, design ...
Lane Tech College Prep High School (often shortened to Lane Tech, full name Albert Grannis Lane Technical College Preparatory High School ), is a public 4-year selective enrollment magnet high school located in the Roscoe Village neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district.
Northern Illinois University ( NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School in 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld, initially to provide the state with college-educated teachers. In addition to the main campus in DeKalb, it has satellite centers in Chicago, Naperville ...
Benedictine University is a private Catholic university in Lisle, Illinois. [3] It was founded in 1887 as St. Procopius College by the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey in the Pilsen community on the West Side of Chicago. [4] [5] The institution has retained a close relationship with the Benedictine Order, [6] which bears the name of St ...
Website. www .wheaton .edu. Wheaton College is a private Evangelical Christian liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois. [3] It was founded by evangelical abolitionists in 1860. [4] Wheaton College was a stop on the Underground Railroad and graduated one of Illinois' first black college graduates.