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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Kankakee Community College is ranked #1,078 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Kankakee Community College held the #1,609 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Kankakee Community College is also ranked #41 out of 85 schools in Illinois.
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 14 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 34%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Kankakee Community College this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,074 | $4,763 | $7,523 | $11,997 | $10,146 |
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 5% of students took out student loans averaging $4,140 a year. That adds up to $16,560 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 231 | NA |
| Electronics Maintenance & Repair | 66 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 53 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 40 | NA |
| Nursing | 38 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 35 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 35 | NA |
| Industrial Production Technology | 34 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 32 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 31 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 1,031 students took at least one online class at Kankakee Community College. This is an increase from the 795 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,031 | 268 |
| 2021-2022 | 795 | 179 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,513 | 523 |
| 2018-2019 | 662 | 150 |
Learn more about online learning at Kankakee 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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