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Heartland Community College landed the #1,793 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Heartland Community College held the #1,833 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 85 colleges in Illinois, Heartland Community College is ranked at #76.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Heartland Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
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 Heartland 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.
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 Heartland Community College is 32%. 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 Heartland Community College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,485 undergraduates at Heartland Community College with 1,614 being full-time and 2,871 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,207 | $9,593 | $12,381 | $14,194 | $14,563 |
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 Heartland Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Heartland Community College, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $5,009 a year. That adds up to $20,036 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Heartland Community College is 11.8%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Heartland Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1500 West Raab Road, Normal, IL 61761-9446 |
| Phone: | 309-268-8000 |
| Website: | https://www.heartland.edu/ |
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, 2,743 students took at least one online class at Heartland Community College. This is a decrease from the 3,371 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,743 | 1,208 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,371 | 2,883 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,349 | 339 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,262 | 301 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,423 | 461 |
Learn more about online learning at Heartland Community College.
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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