Northwestern University, a private school, has three campuses in and around Chicago -- two on Lake Michigan and one in Evanston, just north of Chicago's city center. In 2011, Northwestern had a student enrollment of 16,475, with programs for both undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduate students can study at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communication and McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Northwestern also has a law school and medical school where graduate students can study.
As the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic university, Loyola University Chicago had more than 15,000 students in 2011. The school offers 71 undergraduate majors, 85 Master's degrees, 31 doctoral degrees and 26 graduate certificates. Loyola has more than 1,100 faculty members. More than 138,000 Loyola alumni live in Chicago. Loyola has three campuses in the city: the Lake Shore campus, for undergraduate students, the Water Tower campus, for graduate students, and the Medical Center Campus.
Chicago's DePaul University has more than 25,000 students. DePaul is the largest Catholic university in the country and the ninth-largest private university. The school features several campuses around Chicago, though the main campus is located in Lincoln Park. Other DePaul campuses are in the Loop as well as Chicago suburbs like Napierville, Oak Forest, O'Hare and Rolling Meadows. The school offers more than 275 programs of student for both undergraduate and graduate students.
With an enrollment nearing 16,000 students in 2011, the University of Chicago's campus sits in Hyde Park, just 15 minutes away from Chicago's city center. The university has more than 2,200 faculty members, eight of whom are Nobel Prize winners. The undergraduate college offers 59 majors, while graduate students can study in fields such as biological sciences, humanities, physical sciences and social sciences. The University of Chicago also has a law school, medical school and school of business.