Top Illinois Community Colleges
- For the 2018-19 school year, there are 69 top community colleges located throughout Illinois (49 public colleges and 20 private colleges), serving 355,879 students.
- For Illinois community colleges, the average tuition is approximately $7,978 per year for in-state students and $10,454 for out-of-state students. For private community colleges, the average yearly tuition is approximately $15,527 per year (view national tuition costs).
- The average community college acceptance rate in Illinois is 82% (view national acceptance rates).
- Illinois community colleges have a diversity score of 0.59, which is lower than the national average of 0.65 (view national diversity statistics).
- Minority enrollment is 40% (majority Hispanic and Black) and the student:teacher ratio is 35:1.
Student by Ethnicity
(IL) School Average
Asian
4%
Hispanic
16%
Black
14%
White
60%
Two or more races
1%
Unknown
5%
Top Illinois Community Colleges by Town (2018-19)
- College Location Students
- 2400 Tom L. Wilson Boulevard
Galesburg, IL 61401
(309)344-2518 2,200 students - 30 E Lake St
Chicago, IL 60601
(312)553-5600 9,392 students - 1145 W Wilson Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
(773)907-4000 10,601 students - 6301 S Halsted St
Chicago, IL 60621
(773)602-5000 5,313 students - 1900 W Van Buren
Chicago, IL 60612
(312)850-7000 6,245 students - 10001 S Woodlawn Ave
Chicago, IL 60628
(773)291-6100 4,572 students - 7500 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago, IL 60652
(773)838-7500 8,914 students - 4300 N Narragansett
Chicago, IL 60634
(773)777-7900 12,146 students - College of Lake CountyPublic19351 W Washington St.
Grayslake, IL 60030
(847)543-2000 15,410 students - East-West UniversityPrivate, non-profit816 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
(312)939-0111 555 students - 2998 W Pearl City Rd
Freeport, IL 61032
(815)235-6121 1,730 students - 815 N Orlando Smith Ave
Oglesby, IL 61348
(815)224-2720 3,525 students - Kendall CollegePrivate, for profit900 N. North Branch St.
Chicago, IL 60642
(312)752-2000 1,516 students - Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-ChicagoPrivate, for profit361 W Chestnut
Chicago, IL 60610
(312)944-0882 1,086 students - 5800 Godfrey Rd
Godfrey, IL 62035
(618)468-7000 15,000 students - Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose ParkPrivate, for profit8317 W North Avenue
Melrose Park, IL 60160
(708)344-4700 717 students - 5250 Shepherd Rd
Springfield, IL 62794
(217)786-2200 5,744 students - Show 34 more community colleges in Illinois
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