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Elgin Community College Data & Information Overview

449 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
9% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Elgin Community College Ranked?

#666 Best Colleges in Nation
#29 Best Colleges in IL
Biological & Physical Sciences Highest Ranked Major
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2024 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Elgin Community College was awarded 449 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is biological & physical sciences.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, ECC is ranked #666 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when ECC held the #740 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

ECC also holds the #29 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.

See all of the rankings for Elgin Community College.

Is It Hard to Get Into ECC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Elgin Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Learn more about Elgin Community College admissions.

Elgin Community College Faculty

17 to 1 Student to Faculty
28% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Elgin Community College, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Elgin Community College is 28%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  28 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Elgin Community College

73% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

Elgin Community College has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  73 out of 100
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100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Elgin Community College.

Elgin Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,846 Full-Time Undergraduates
46.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
51.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,882 undergraduates at ECC with 2,846 being full-time and 5,036 being part-time.

How Much Does Elgin Community College Cost?

$3,828 Net Price
4% Take Out Loans
$16,224 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of ECC is $3,828. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for ECC

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$2,273 $2,878 $5,364 $6,901 $7,642

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of ECC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At ECC, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $4,056 a year. That adds up to $16,224 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at ECC is 9.0%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do ECC Graduates Make?

$41,224 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from ECC make about $41,224 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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See which majors at Elgin Community College make the most money.

Location of Elgin Community College

Illinois State
2,846 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
Elgin Community College is a public institution situated in Elgin, Illinois. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

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Contact details for ECC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, IL 60123-7193
Phone: 847-697-1000
Website: www.elgin.edu/

Elgin Community College Majors

31 Majors With Completions
1,161 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Elgin Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at ECC

80% Take At Least One Class Online
50% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 6,441 students took at least one online class at Elgin Community College. This is a decrease from the 7,673 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 6,441 4,002
2019-2020 7,673 7,505
2018-2019 2,481 622
2017-2018 2,242 554
2016-2017 2,240 576

Learn more about online learning at Elgin Community College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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