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Community college · Public

Kaskaskia College

Brookside Township, IL421 online only

Kaskaskia College is a public community college in Brookside Township, IL, with about 3,026 students on campus.

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Students on campus
3,026
plus 421 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$6,477
tuition and fees $4,800; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
49%
lower than at 70% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$38,801
lower than at 57% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Kaskaskia College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Kaskaskia College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $11,819 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $12,570

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,800Books & supplies $1,120Other costs $5,899

After grants, the average family on aid pays $6,477.

Tuition and fees are $4,800 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$7,626

About $15,252 over 2 years · 35% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
49%
within 3 years · Pell students 45%
Come back for year two
64%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$38,801
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$3,750
about $40 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

1.4%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$40 a month against about $2,758 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

48%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 55% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$36k
Middle income$30–75k
$42k
Higher incomeover $75k
$51k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 29%Liberal arts 25%Business 8%Family & consumer sciences 8%Culinary & personal services 5%Mechanic & repair 5%Everything else 19%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities144 graduates a year
$41k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing68 graduates a year
$78k4 yrs out
Agriculture, General29 graduates a year
—not reported
Biological and Physical Sciences28 graduates a year
$54k4 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions22 graduates a year
$61k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections16 graduates a year
—not reported
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers15 graduates a year
—not reported
Engineering, General12 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

1,920 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 83%Hispanic 3%Black 6%Asian 1%Two or more 5%

Women and men

Women 64%Men 36%
21 : 1
students per teacher
24%
get Pell grants (lower income)
0%
take federal loans
18%
undergrads 25 or older
36%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Brookside Township

3% of Brookside Township’s 4,522 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Brookside Township pages.

Brookside Township →
$630/momedian rent · 51% below the state$95Kmedian home value · 64% below the state23° / 88°January low / July high · 7" of snowDHealth GradeAll colleges in and near Brookside TownshipCompare prices, admissions and outcomes
Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Kaskaskia College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Greenville UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Greenville
25.7 mi816 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.