by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Highland Community College was awarded 9 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general studies.
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Highland Community College is ranked #1,658 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Highland Community College held the #1,948 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 85 colleges in Illinois, Highland Community College is ranked at #68.
Highland 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.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Highland Community College it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Highland Community College is 53%. This is higher 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 Highland Community College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,276 undergraduates at Highland Community College with 653 being full-time and 623 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,752 | $4,742 | $6,248 | $7,188 | $11,650 |
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 Highland Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Highland Community College, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $4,450 a year. That adds up to $17,800 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Highland Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2998 W Pearl City Rd, Freeport, IL 61032-9341 |
| Phone: | 815-235-6121 |
| Website: | www.highland.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Engineering | 217 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 217 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 95 | NA |
| Ground Transportation | 82 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 62 | NA |
| Nursing | 35 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 19 | NA |
| Accounting | 16 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 12 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 10 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 552 students took at least one online class at Highland Community College. This is a decrease from the 585 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 552 | 126 |
| 2021-2022 | 585 | 120 |
| 2020-2021 | 663 | 127 |
| 2018-2019 | 496 | 94 |
Learn more about online learning at Highland 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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