I think you mean colleges...
It all depends on what you want to do and how much you're willing to spend. I was considering going to RIT during high school, but saw the price tag and decided to stay in-state at Purdue. Purdue's Computer Graphics Technology department allows you to specialize your major in many ways, but the main four areas are Animation, Interactive Multimedia/Web Design, Construction Graphics, and Manufacturing Graphics. Originally, I thought I was going to go into animation; however, I now see that my interests lie in other areas. Also, please be aware that the job market for Animators is not good right now. It's
very competitive and you have to be very good at what you do to secure a job at all. If you want to be an animator, be prepared to do freelance work as well. Many times you'll be hired on by a company until the project you're working on is finished.
There are many specialty schools that specifically teach animation. If you're looking to solely be an animator and you know that that is what you want to do, I highly suggest going into a program or a school that specifically trains you to be an animator. This means you'd be taking classes specifically on modeling, lighting, texturing, animating, etc. Very few math and science classes at all in these types of schools.
However, if you're not sure what you want to do yet (and that's absolutely ok... don't freak out or anything
), then I suggest looking for Universities that have a computer graphics department. Remember, the average person switches his or her major at least once during college, so attending a college that has a variety of options is always a good thing.
Seeing that you're in Illinois (right next door to Indiana), I recommend checking out Purdue's CGT department:
http://www.tech.purdue.edu/cg/
And I found this pretty nifty site that has many schools that do have animation programs listed by state:
Here!
Hope that helps more than hurts, but I figure you should be told how it is now and not later.