Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Ranking Badges

Olney Central College earned 14 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 1 in the top 5%, 4 in the top 10% and 7 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 25 in Most Popular for Mining & Petroleum Technology, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 14 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 1
Highest placement: #1 of 25, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 5
Placements this edition: 99
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking

Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.

How Many Ranking Badges Has Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Earned?

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges holds 14 ranking badges across 5 fields of study, 3 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics rankings. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. These badges come from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. See our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	2
Top 5%	1
Top 10%	4
Top 15%	7
Total	14

What Is Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Known For?

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges is best known for Health Professions: 4 of its 13 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Mining & Petroleum Technology, Nursing & Nursing Assistants and Cosmetology.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Best for the Money	✓
Best for the Money (Great Lakes)	✓

Business, Management & Marketing

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Entrepreneurial Studies
Most Popular	✓
Most Focused		✓

Engineering Technologies

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 1%
Mining & Petroleum Technology
Most Popular		✓
Most Focused	✓

Health Professions

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 1%
Top Ranked	✓
Allied Health Services
Top Ranked	✓
Health Sciences & Services
Top Ranked		✓
Nursing & Nursing Assistants
Top Ranked			✓

Personal & Culinary Services

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%
Top Ranked		✓
Cosmetology
Top Ranked			✓
Best Value	✓

How Does Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Rank for Online Students?

In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Illinois Eastern Community Colleges earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #58 of 584 in Most Popular Online for Liberal Arts General Studies.

Liberal Arts & Humanities

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Liberal Arts General Studies
Most Popular Online		✓

How Does Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Rank for Veterans?

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,318 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 47%).

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Notes and References

Badges on this page come from rankings drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Illinois Eastern Community Colleges appears in 99 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.