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West Suburban College of Nursing
3 Erie Ct
Oak Park, Illinois 60302-2519
(Student count includes part-time and full-time; not all students live in the city or town. Data as of 2007.)
| City/Town | Colleges | Pop. (2000) | Students | Dorms |
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| Bensenville Colleges | 1 | 20,703 | 71 | |
| Chicago Colleges | 78 | 2,896,016 | 219,026 | 23,031 |
| Cicero Colleges | 2 | 85,616 | 5,183 | |
| Elmhurst Colleges | 1 | 42,762 | 3,184 | 1,137 |
| River Forest Colleges | 2 | 11,635 | 7,464 | 1,347 |
| River Grove Colleges | 1 | 10,668 | 15,658 |
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