Parkland College

2400 W Bradley Ave, Champaign, IL, 61821-1899 - View a map of this school Map

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Parkland College is a comprehensive community college in Illinois dedicated to providing programs and services of high quality to its students and committed to continuous improvement, to academic achievement and its documentation, and to the concept of shared governance....

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  • Parkland College
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County Champaign County, IL -
Title IV Eligible YES Yes
Carnegie Classification Associate of Arts Colleges Associate of Arts Colleges
Institution Level At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs
Institution Control Public Public
Full-Time Undergraduate 4,459 students 1,020 students
Part-Time Undergraduate 5,716 students 1,444 students
Total Enrollment 10,175 students 2,213 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 38% 78%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants 28% 46%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received $2,569 $2,845
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants 23% 29%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received $1,319 $1,273
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants 3% 12%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received $800 $1,146
% Students Receiving Loans 24% 38%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received $3,796 $3,129

School Notes:

  • Parkland College is a fully accredited, public community college established to serve the needs of District 505, the third largest community college district in Illinois. Parkland has delivered vocational-technical and academic instruction to more than 235,000 people since its classes began in 1967, according to 2009 data. Our college has become a center for educational opportunity and community enrichment in east central Illinois and has earned a national reputation for its excellent academic standards, innovative programs, and quality instruction.
  • Built on 233 acres of landscaped grounds in Champaign, Illinois, Parkland is centrally located and accessible to all 54 communities in the district. Our beautiful, quiet campus is situated near the intersection of interstate highways 57, 72, and 74 and is just a seven- to 10-minute drive from the University of Illinois campus.
  • Parkland is one of the most advanced community colleges in the nation. Our facilities include more than 85 classrooms, 60 specialized labs, a library collection of over 120,000 volumes, an FM radio station, an educational TV station, an experimental agricultural land laboratory, an art gallery, and excellent physical education and recreation facilities, including a fitness center. Our cultural center contains a 320-seat performing arts theater and a 50-foot dome planetarium, the second largest in Illinois. Parkland also has a child development center to serve the needs of faculty, staff, students, and families in our community.
  • Parkland maintains over 100 degree and certificate programs designed for career and job placement or for transfer to programs at four-year institutions. The college confers the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate in Fine Arts, Associate in Engineering Science, Associate in Applied Science, and Associate in General Studies degrees in an array of traditional and nontraditional disciplines. See our catalog for degree/course descriptions. We also provide numerous academic support services and resources, including the library, peer tutoring, the Writing Center, the Learning Lab, the Academic Development Center, and online student learning tools and activities.
  • Parkland College has provided affordable vocational-technical and academic education to area residents since 1966. Today more than 11,400 credit and noncredit students come to us for our career and transfer programs, community classes and workshops, and online courses.
  • Profile last updated: 07/21/2009.

In the News:

  • Parkland board OKs bonds for construction (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on November 20, 2009 at 01:10:53 pm
    CHAMPAIGN – Parkland College trustees have approved issuing nearly $34 million in bonds to pay for construction projects on the campus. But the bonds won't raise taxes for property owners in Parkland's district, said Parkland's Chief Financial Officer Chris Randles.
  • The challenge of AN encore (The Bolingbrook Sun)
    posted on November 20, 2009 at 10:13:21 am
    This season it will be hard to find a team that doesn't have the Bolingbrook girls basketball squad circled on its schedule as the biggest game of the season.
  • Lady Falcons Set for National Tournament (The Missourian)
    posted on November 17, 2009 at 11:11:28 pm
    To say the East Central College volleyball Lady Falcons know quite a bit about their first-round NJCAA Division II National Tournament opponent would be an understatement.
  • Master plan work to expand diesel program at Parkland (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on November 17, 2009 at 01:09:32 pm
    CHAMPAIGN – One of the first projects of Parkland's campus master plan will address one of its most critical needs – more space for its diesel technology program. The demand is high for the program. There is a waiting list, and Parkland could easily double the number of students in it, if it weren't limited by physical space. An addition for the diesel technology program is under way, with ...
  • 3 companies benefit as workers learn from Parkland program (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on November 15, 2009 at 02:09:32 pm
    CHAMPAIGN – Area companies say it's hard to find workers with all the skills needed to keep manufacturing equipment humming. But a new program at Parkland College should make it easier for them.

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