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Illinois College of Optometry

optometry school in Chicago
Organization university Q5999410
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Summary

Illinois College of Optometry is a university[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Center for Research Libraries[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Chicago[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: private not-for-profit educational institution[6]
  • Postal code: 60616-3878[7]
  • Industry: higher education[8]
  • Inception: 1955[9]
  • Coordinate location: 41.8348, -87.6233[10]
  • Official website: http://www.ico.edu[11]
  • Web feed URL: https://www.ico.edu/blog-feed.xml[12]
  • Employees: 219[13]
  • Replaces: Northern Illinois College of Optometry[14], Chicago College of Optometry[15]
  • Count of students: 531[16]
  • Total assets: 101,860,678[17]
  • Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education: special focus four-year: other health professions schools[18], exclusively graduate[19], postbaccalaureate: single program - other[20], exclusively graduate/professional institution[21]
  • Category for alumni of educational institution: Category:Illinois College of Optometry alumni[22]
  • Street address: 3241 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616-3878[23]
  • Endowment: 1,173,410[24]
  • Social media followers: 3265[25], 3203[26]
  • Academic calendar type: academic quarter[27]

Related Entities

United States university

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 6w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isni → —
    Instagram username → ico_optometry
    Postal code → —
    Integrated postsecondary education data system id → 145628
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