IllinoisUniversities Named on Green-Card Filings

Which Illinois universities are named most often on green-card filings?

Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, University of Illinois, and University of Illinois at Chicago. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 13,185 green-card applications naming one of 25 Illinois universities (FY2020–2024, the only years DOL published the applicant's school). Each is an application, not a person and not a hire.

Universities

25

Green-card filings

13,185

All 25 universities

Illinois Institute of Technology2,088 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1,929 Northwestern University1,276 University of Illinois1,177 University of Illinois at Chicago1,089 The University of Chicago888 Northern Illinois University782 University of Illinois at Springfield593 Bradley University451 Governors State University415 Depaul University355 Southern Illinois University334 Eastern Illinois University304 Chicago State University251 Western Illinois University244 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville242 Southern Illinois University Carbondale207 Illinois State University142 Loyola University Chicago95 The University of Chicago Booth School of Business76 Devry University64 Roosevelt University58 Northeastern Illinois University55 School of the Art Institute of Chicago41 Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University29