Richland Community College

2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2024 tuition & fees of Richland Community College () is $10,800 for Illinois residents and $17,070 for out-of-state students. Its tuition & fees is more expensive than the average tuition ($12,223) of public community colleges in Illinois.

The following table shows the 2023-2024 tuition & fees, books & supplies, and living costs at Richland Community College. Then, we compare its costs to Illinois community colleges and all U.S. community colleges.

In addition, the chart shows tuition trends over the last 5 years. You can check more comprehensive tuition information on the cost of attendance page.

2024 Cost Of Attendance
	Illinois Residents	Out-of-State
Tuition & Fees	$10,800	$17,070
Books & Supplies	$1,400
Off-Campus Living Costs	$13,020
Average Financial Aid	$3,986
Cost of Attendance	$25,220	$31,490
After Financial Aid	$21,234	$27,504
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$30,900

2024 Tuition & Fees and Comparison
	Illinois Residents	Out-of-State Students
Richland Community College	$10,800	$17,070
Public Community Colleges in Illinois	$9,678	$12,223
Public Community Colleges in U.S.	$4,939	$8,623

Tuition Trends

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Richland Community College offers Certificate and Associate's programs. The following table summarizes the number of offered programs by degree types.

Offered Programs and Online Availability
	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Online Programs	2	2	NOT OFFERED
Total Programs	29	33	NOT OFFERED

The following tables list each major program along with offered degrees and online availability. The number in each column indicates the number of awarded degrees and/or certificates of the program. It includes completers through on-campus classes, partially online classes, and only online classes. "Only in Classroom" means that the program is offered only on-site classes and "not offered" means that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Agriculture

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Agricultural Business and Management	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural Production Operations	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Computer Programming/Programmer	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Personal and Culinary Services

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	14 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Food Service, Waiter/Waitress, and Dining Room Management/Manager	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Engineering	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Instrumentation Technology/Technician	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	9 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Hydraulics and Fluid Power Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
American Sign Language (ASL)	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Child Care Provider/Assistant	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	119 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	94 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	15 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Biological and Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	57 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Criminal Justice/Police Science	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Construction Trades

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Building/Property Maintenance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mechanics and Repairers

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Precision Production Trades

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Welding Technology/Welder	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machinist Technology/CNC Machinist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Fine/Studio Arts	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	NOT OFFERED	15 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist	4 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	2 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Medical/Clinical Assistant	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Surgical Technology/Technologist	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	NOT OFFERED	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	44 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	12 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Hospitality Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Student Population

There are 2,075 students at Richland Community College including both full-time and part-time students. By gender, 820 male students and 1,432 female students are attending the school. The following table shows the total number of students by gender and attending status at the school. You can check more enrollment information of the school.

Student Population
	Total	Full-Time	Part-time
Total	2,252	533	1,719
Male Students	820	199	621
Female Students	1,432	334	1,098

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

At Richland Community College, there are 2,075 students including in both full-time and part-time status. Of that, 896 students were attending classes through distance learning (356 students are enrolled exclusively and 540 are enrolled in some online courses) .

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	2,075
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	356
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	540
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	1,179

School Profile and Academic Overview

Richland Community College is a 2-4 years, public school located in Decatur, Illinois. For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $10,800 for Illinois residents and $17,070 for other students on average. It offers 105 degree programs through 29 Certificate, 33 Associate's programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity is given to 4 programs (2 Certificate, 2 Associate's programs). The average earning in 10 years after graduation from the school is $30,900.

Directory Information and Key Academic Statistics
Type	2-4 years, public
Address	One College Park, Decatur, IL
Phone	217-875-7200
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) »	In-State$10,800 Out-of-State$17,070
Student Population »	2,075 Total Enrollment
Graduation Rate »	40%
Transfer-out Rate	14%
Retention Rate	71% (Full-time) 58% (Part-time)
Average Financial Aid »	$3,986
Students to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$30,900

Richland Community College

A Community College in Decatur, Illinois

2024 Tuition & Fees

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Student Population

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

School Profile and Academic Overview

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