Dupage Policy Journal

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn posted an “on time” graduation rate of 7 percent, according to the latest data on two-year schools compiled from U.S. Department of Education and Illinois State Comptroller tracking the performance and spending at 49 Illinois community colleges.

Community colleges, also called junior colleges, technical colleges or city colleges, are primarily two-year public institutions. They grant certificates, diplomas and associate’s degrees. Graduates considered “on time” finished a course program in two years.

Illinois schools enrolled 304,173 students in 2016, and 17,242 graduated. Dividing enrollment by two classes, the statewide graduation rate that year was 11 percent.

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Graduation rates for Illinois community colleges

School	City	Enrollment	Annual Graduates	Graduation Rate
Frontier Community College	Fairfield	1,952	595	61%
Wabash Valley College	Mount Carmel	4,330	1,083	50%
Lincoln Trail College	Robinson	934	229	49%
Rend Lake College	Ina	2,489	473	38%
Spoon River College	Canton	1,560	289	37%
Olney Central College	Olney	1,198	216	36%
Kaskaskia College	Centralia	3,665	550	30%
Southeastern Illinois College	Harrisburg	1,820	246	27%
Sauk Valley Community College	Dixon	1,892	246	26%
Lake Land College	Mattoon	5,107	638	25%
John Wood Community College	Quincy	1,968	226	23%
Lewis & Clark Community College	Godfrey	7,272	800	22%
Danville Area Community College	Danville	2,666	267	20%
Carl Sandburg College	Galesburg	1,927	164	17%
Richland Community College	Decatur	2,839	227	16%
Elgin Community College	Elgin	9,918	793	16%
Highland Community College	Freeport	1,857	149	16%
Kennedy-King	Chicago	3,472	260	15%
Lincoln Land Community College	Springfield	5,744	431	15%
Shawnee Community College	Ullin	1,824	137	15%
McHenry County College	Crystal Lake	6,371	478	15%
John A. Logan College	Carterville	4,424	310	14%
Black Hawk College	Moline	5,613	393	14%
Waubonsee Community College	Sugar Grove	10,081	655	13%
Illinois Central College	East Peoria	9,290	604	13%
Kankakee Community College	Kankakee	3,078	185	12%
Southwestern Illinois College	Belleville	9,515	571	12%
Kishwaukee College	Malta	3,775	208	11%
Harper College	Palatine	14,142	707	10%
Parkland College	Champaign	7,569	378	10%
Rock Valley College	Rockford	7,699	346	9%
Illinois Valley Community College	Oglesby	3,206	144	9%
Richard J. Daley	Chicago	7,407	333	9%
Moraine Valley Community College	Palos Hills	15,021	676	9%
College of DuPage	Glen Ellyn	26,901	942	7%
College of Lake County	Grayslake	14,768	517	7%
Heartland Community College	Normal	5,282	158	6%
Oakton Community College	Des Plaines	9,443	236	5%
Morton College	Cicero	4,397	110	5%
Harold Wash.	Chicago	8,486	212	5%
Triton College	River Grove	11,386	285	5%
Joliet Junior College	Joliet	15,383	308	4%
South Suburban College	South Holland	3,703	74	4%
Prairie State College	Chicago Heights	4,484	67	3%
Harry Truman	Chicago	8,998	135	3%
Olive Harvey	Chicago	2,979	30	2%
Malcolm X	Chicago	6,183	62	2%
Wilbur Wright	Chicago	10,155	102	2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education; Illinois State Comptroller