If you're searching for a great college for your kids, you might not need to send them too far from home.

Forbes ranks the top colleges around the country each year, and they also take some time to rank the best colleges in specific areas.

This year, two Illinois colleges broke into the top ten of the list of best colleges in the Midwest.

They didn't quite get to the top spot though, Notre Dame took that honor for the second year in a row, but Illinois scored the second and third spot.

  1. University of Notre Dame
  2. Northwestern University
  3. University of Chicago
  4. Carleton College
  5. Oberlin College
  6. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  7. Kenyon College
  8. Washington University in Saint Louis
  9. Macalester College
  10. University of Wisconsin, Madison

Our sister state, Wisconsin, did pretty well, too! Looks like your kids can stay close by and still get a great education.

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