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Community college · Public

Black Hawk College

Moline, IL526 online only

Black Hawk College is a public community college in Moline, IL, with about 3,327 students on campus.

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Students on campus
3,327
plus 526 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$6,944
tuition and fees $4,920; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
40%
lower than at 79% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$37,253
lower than at 62% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Black Hawk College

Loan payments are a small share of pay

The typical graduate owes $8,375, about $89 a month over ten years. That’s 3.1% of a typical former student’s monthly pay six years after starting. Outcomes ↓

Rent in Moline is below the state median

Median rent in Moline is $900 a month, 29% below the state median. Living in Moline ↓

Black Hawk College focuses on liberal arts

42% of the degrees Black Hawk College awards are in liberal arts; the next biggest field, health professions, is 30%. Majors ↓

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 · Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
40%
within 3 years · Pell students 31%
Come back for year two
71%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$37,253
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$8,375
about $89 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

3.1%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$89 a month against about $2,835 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

49%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 58% 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
$41k
Higher incomeover $75k
$46k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Black Hawk College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $12,291 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $8,100

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,920Books & supplies $1,008Other costs $6,363

After grants, the average family on aid pays $6,944.

Tuition and fees are $4,920 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

$7,220

About $14,440 over 2 years · 41% off the sticker price

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

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 42%Health professions 30%Agriculture 10%Interdisciplinary 7%Family & consumer sciences 2%Business 2%Everything else 6%

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 Humanities216 graduates a year · typical debt $6,250
$44k4 yrs out
Biological and Physical Sciences85 graduates a year
$50k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing30 graduates a year · typical debt $9,947
$71k4 yrs out
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services19 graduates a year
$49k4 yrs out
Agricultural Production Operations17 graduates a year
—not reported
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians14 graduates a year
—not reported
Agricultural Business and Management12 graduates a year
—not reported
Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services11 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

2,354 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 57%Hispanic 17%Black 13%Asian 3%Two or more 4%International 2%

Women and men

Women 64%Men 36%
18 : 1
students per teacher
27%
get Pell grants (lower income)
6%
take federal loans
24%
undergrads 25 or older
45%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Moline

5% of Moline’s 42,362 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Moline pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

Augustana CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Rock Island
5.6 mi2,484 students
Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictCommunity college · Public · Davenport
7.3 mi5,075 students
Palmer College of ChiropracticUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Davenport
7.5 mi2,213 students
Saint Ambrose UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Davenport
8.1 mi2,468 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.