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Oakton Community College was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.
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Oakton Community College landed the #1,244 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Out of the 85 colleges in Illinois, Oakton Community College is ranked at #49.
If you are worried about getting into Oakton 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.
The student to faculty ratio at Oakton Community College is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 Oakton Community College is 24%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 76% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Oakton Community College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,313 undergraduates at Oakton Community College with 2,491 being full-time and 4,822 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,885 | $6,214 | $8,313 | $7,786 | $11,107 |
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 Oakton 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 Oakton Community College, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $4,748 a year. That adds up to $18,992 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Oakton Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1600 E Golf Rd., Des Plaines, IL 60016-1268 |
| Phone: | 847-635-1600 |
| Website: | www.oakton.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 950 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 211 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 104 | NA |
| Nursing | 56 | NA |
| Alternative Medical Support Services | 43 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 42 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 39 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 36 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 30 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 27 | 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, 3,980 students took at least one online class at Oakton Community College. This is a decrease from the 5,918 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,980 | 2,078 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,918 | 4,121 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,675 | 5,292 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,508 | 989 |
Learn more about online learning at Oakton 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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