Illinois Community Colleges With The Highest Graduation Rate

Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 68% last year.

Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College with 66% and Illinois Eastern Community Colleges with 63% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Illinois Community Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 500 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $17,131 and graduate tuition & fees is - for the academic year 2024-2025.

Table. Illinois Community Colleges With The Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park Melrose Park, ILPrivate, 2-4 year	68.00% 3.00%	$32,809	-	-	-	1,539	32 to 1
2 2	Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College Rockford, ILPrivate, 2-4 year	66.00% 5.00%	$16,699	-	-	-	682	26 to 1
3 -	Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Olney, ILPublic, 2-4 year	63.00% 1.00%	$12,460 ($10,960)	-	-	-	3,726	15 to 1
3 2	Rend Lake College Ina, ILPublic, 2-4 year	63.00% 3.00%	$7,800 ($7,800)	-	-	-	2,015	19 to 1
3 3	Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc Lisle, ILPrivate, 2-4 year	63.00% 5.00%	$43,550	-	-	-	1,156	37 to 1
6 7	Richland Community College Decatur, ILPublic, 2-4 year	60.00% 14.00%	$17,070 ($10,800)	-	-	-	2,388	15 to 1
6 11	Shawnee Community College Ullin, ILPublic, 2-4 year	60.00% 16.00%	$7,500 ($7,200)	-	-	-	1,156	15 to 1
8	Wabash Valley College Mount Carmel, ILPublic, 2-4 year	59.00%	$12,340 ($10,270)	-	-	-	906	18 to 1
9 2	Lake Land College Mattoon, ILPublic, 2-4 year	58.00% 5.00%	$14,301 ($8,342)	-	-	-	3,960	13 to 1
10 2	Southeastern Illinois College Harrisburg, ILPublic, 2-4 year	55.00% 4.00%	$6,780 ($6,540)	-	-	-	1,446	17 to 1
	Average	61.50%	$17,131 ($8,845)	-	-	-	1,897	21 to 1

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