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Kankakee Community College was awarded 12 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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College Factual ranked Kankakee Community College as #1,609 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 85 colleges in Illinois, Kankakee Community College is ranked at #70.
If you are worried about getting into Kankakee Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Kankakee Community College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Kankakee Community College is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Kankakee Community College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,245 undergraduates at Kankakee Community College with 898 being full-time and 1,347 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,844 | $5,344 | $8,396 | $10,152 | $11,255 |
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 Kankakee Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Kankakee Community College, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $3,011 a year. That adds up to $12,044 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Kankakee Community College is 9.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Kankakee Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 College Drive, Kankakee, IL 60901 |
| Phone: | 815-802-8100 |
| Website: | https://www.kcc.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 795 students took at least one online class at Kankakee Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,513 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 795 | 179 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,513 | 523 |
| 2018-2019 | 593 | 104 |
| 2017-2018 | 662 | 150 |
| 2016-2017 | 658 | 146 |
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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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