Illinois Central College

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#8253 / #2177
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Community college in East Peoria & Peoria, Illinois, USA

Illinois Central College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2177
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$4,800
Graduation rate
53%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
5,052

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Illinois Central College Featured Rankings

About Illinois Central College

According to Wikipedia, Illinois Central College is a public community college with its main campus in East Peoria, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Community College System and its district, Illinois Community College District 514, is a includes most of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties and parts of Bureau, Logan, Marshall, Livingston, McLean, Stark, and Mason counties.

Illinois Central College's Online Degrees

Undergraduate Certificate in Small Business Management
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Management Of Supply Chain
  • Required Credits: 27
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Accountancy
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Economics
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Web Developer Apprentice
  • Required Credits: 29
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Web Developer
  • Required Credits: 45
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Web Systems
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Family And Consumer Sciences
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Liberal Arts
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Computed Tomography
  • Required Credits: 14

Illinois Central College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
70%53%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Illinois Central College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$4,800
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$8,874
30K - 48K$8,336
48K - 75K$10,323
75K - 110K$13,941
110K+$16,550

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Illinois Central College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Illinois Central College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $41,765 a year, and 88% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Illinois Central College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
10,57910,579

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Illinois Central College?

Illinois Central College is located at 1 College Drive, East Peoria, IL 61635-0001.

How Safe is Illinois Central College?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, Illinois Central College publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Illinois Central College has a violent crime rate of 0.01% and a property crime rate of 0.03%. East Peoria has a violent crime rate of 0.27% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 2.37%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Illinois Central College Known For?

Illinois Central College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Illinois Central College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Illinois Central College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Nursing
#2062
World Rank
#2062
Historical Rank
#790
USA Rank

Illinois Central College ranks #790 in the U.S. and #2062 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Computer Science
#5087
World Rank
#5094
Historical Rank
#1178
USA Rank

Illinois Central College ranks #1178 in the U.S. and #5087 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Medical
#5822
World Rank
#5823
Historical Rank
#1690
USA Rank

Illinois Central College ranks #1690 in the U.S. and #5822 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Social Work
#5070
World Rank
#5070
Historical Rank
#1910
USA Rank

Illinois Central College ranks #1910 in the U.S. and #5070 worldwide for influence in Social Work.

social-work Degrees
Engineering
#11925
World Rank
#11932
Historical Rank
#2806
USA Rank

Illinois Central College ranks #2806 in the U.S. and #11925 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Criminal Justice
#6740
World Rank
#6742
Historical Rank
#3166
USA Rank

Illinois Central College ranks #3166 in the U.S. and #6740 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees

Who Are Illinois Central College's Most Influential Alumni?

Jim Thome
An American Hall of Fame baseball player.
Beatrice Bofia
A Basketball player.