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Kankakee Community College

Kankakee, IL230 online only

Kankakee Community College is a public community college in Kankakee, IL, with about 2,174 students on campus.

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Students on campus
2,174
plus 230 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$4,665
tuition and fees $5,220; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
32%
lower than at 88% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$38,767
lower than at 57% of U.S. colleges
In brief

Kankakee Community College, in brief

Out-of-state students pay far more

In-state tuition and fees are $5,220 a year; students from other states pay $25,830, 5 times as much. What it costs ↓

Most students study part-time

57% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓

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: $11,612 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $25,830

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,220Books & supplies $1,494Other costs $4,898

After grants, the average family on aid pays $4,665.

Tuition and fees are $5,220 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

$5,449

About $10,898 over 2 years · 53% off the sticker price

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

How hard is it to get into Kankakee Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
32%
within 3 years · Pell students 31%
Come back for year two
57%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$38,767
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$9,969
about $106 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

3.7%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$106 a month against about $2,820 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

32%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 23% 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
$46k
Higher incomeover $75k
$46k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 22%Mechanic & repair 22%Health professions 15%Family & consumer sciences 11%Precision production 9%Engineering tech 6%Everything else 15%

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 Humanities152 graduates a year · typical debt $7,000
$44k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing44 graduates a year · typical debt $18,100
$78k4 yrs out
Biological and Physical Sciences36 graduates a year
—not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions24 graduates a year
$59k4 yrs out
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians13 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations9 graduates a year
$58k4 yrs out
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services6 graduates a year
—not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections6 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

1,985 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 54%Hispanic 25%Black 13%Asian 1%Two or more 6%International 2%

Women and men

Women 59%Men 41%
15 : 1
students per teacher
36%
get Pell grants (lower income)
4%
take federal loans
31%
undergrads 25 or older
57%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Kankakee

4% of Kankakee’s 23,400 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Kankakee pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

Olivet Nazarene UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Bourbonnais
4.1 mi2,498 students
Governors State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · University Park
25.2 mi2,773 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.