Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Buckheart Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Community college · Public

Spoon River College

Buckheart Township, IL410 online only

Spoon River College is a public community college in Buckheart Township, IL, with about 815 students on campus.

Visit www.src.edu ↗Directions
Students on campus
815
plus 410 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$3,415
tuition and fees $6,090; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
42%
lower than at 77% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$38,386
lower than at 58% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Spoon River College

Spoon River College is nearly free for lower-income families

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $1,915 a year after grants. Families earning $48,000–75,000 pay about $4,710, and those over $110,000 pay about $11,892. What it costs ↓

Rent in Buckheart Township is below the state median

Median rent in Buckheart Township is $639 a month, 50% below the state median. Living in Buckheart Township ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $12,217 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $13,500

Tuition & fees (in state) $6,090Books & supplies $1,700Other costs $4,427

After grants, the average family on aid pays $3,415.

Tuition and fees are $6,090 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

$4,710

About $9,420 over 2 years · 61% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Spoon River College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
42%
within 3 years · Pell students 43%
Come back for year two
66%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$38,386
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

43%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 45% 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
$35k
Middle income$30–75k
$45k
Higher incomeover $75k
$53k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 36%Health professions 26%Precision production 12%Computer science 10%Interdisciplinary 6%Transportation 4%Everything else 5%

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 Humanities132 graduates a year
$37k4 yrs out
Biological and Physical Sciences35 graduates a year
—not reported
Agricultural Mechanization11 graduates a year
$62k4 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences, General7 graduates a year
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing5 graduates a year
$70k4 yrs out
Agricultural Business and Management3 graduates a year
—not reported
Health and Medical Administrative Services3 graduates a year
—not reported
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions3 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

774 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 84%Hispanic 5%Black 9%Asian 1%Two or more 1%

Women and men

Women 68%Men 32%
14 : 1
students per teacher
27%
get Pell grants (lower income)
7%
take federal loans
25%
undergrads 25 or older
45%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Buckheart Township

2% of Buckheart Township’s 1,675 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Buckheart Township pages.

Buckheart Township →
$639/momedian rent · 50% below the state$112Kmedian home value · 57% below the state17° / 86°January low / July high · 14" of snowCHealth GradeAll colleges in and near Buckheart TownshipCompare prices, admissions and outcomes
Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

Bradley UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Peoria
26.6 mi4,415 students
Methodist CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Peoria
26.9 mi351 students
Saint Francis Medical Center College of NursingUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Peoria · mostly online
28 mi201 students

Ask around

Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

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.