Top Springfield Community Colleges
- For the 2020 school year, there are 2 top community colleges in Springfield, Illinois, serving 14,600 students.
- The average community college acceptance rate in Illinois is 83% (view national acceptance rates).
- Minority enrollment is 23% of the student body (majority Black), and the student:teacher ratio is 27:1.
Top Springfield, IL Community Colleges (2020)
- College Location Students
- 5250 Shepherd Rd
Springfield, IL 62794
(217)786-2200 14,600 students - Springfield College in IllinoisPrivate, non-profit1500 North Fifth Street
Springfield, IL 62702
(217)525-1420n/astudents
Recent Articles
We continue to report on the ongoing saga in the California community college system. Schools are now opening for fall semester with fewer courses due to serious budget cuts, and students are feeling the academic pain.
The role of community colleges in the world of higher education has expanded over the years and, as the country works to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, they may be more important now than ever. Read on to learn more about the changing role of community colleges.
Colleges across the country are struggling to recover from the massive upheaval to the 2019-20 semester wrought by COVID-19. Housing refunds and slashed budgets are bound to have long-term impacts for the institutions that survive. Some experts suggest community colleges may be the best equipped to ride out the storm and may have the greatest impact in helping America recover.
