John Wood Community College

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#13867 / #3637
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Community college in Quincy, Illinois, U.S.

John Wood Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#3637
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$5,700
Graduation rate
51%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
1,371

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John Wood Community College Featured Rankings

About John Wood Community College

According to Wikipedia, John Wood Community College is a public community college in Quincy, Illinois. It is one of 48, two-year, open-admission colleges of the Illinois Community College System organized under the Illinois Public Community College Act.

John Wood Community College's Online Degrees

Certificate in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Completion Time: 18 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Business
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Completion Time: 18 months
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Logistics
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 year
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Economics
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business Management
  • Required Credits: 65
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 75
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Education
  • Required Credits: 68
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AGS in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
AA in History
  • Required Credits: 65
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Sociology
  • Required Credits: 65
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Office
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 65
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online

John Wood Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
64%51%

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 John Wood Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$5,700
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$5,043
30K - 48K$4,937
48K - 75K$7,394
75K - 110K$8,795
110K+$7,880

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 John Wood Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former John Wood Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $42,918 a year, and 89% 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.

John Wood Community College's Demographics

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

Student BodyUnder-Grads
2,6292,629

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

Where is John Wood Community College?

John Wood Community College is located at 1301 S 48th Street, Quincy, IL 62305-8736.

How Safe is John Wood Community College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on John Wood Community College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, John Wood Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Quincy has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property (including theft) crime rate of less than 0.01%. 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 John Wood Community College Known For?

John Wood Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

John Wood Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much John Wood Community 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
#3874
World Rank
#3875
Historical Rank
#1536
USA Rank

John Wood Community College ranks #1536 in the U.S. and #3874 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Biology
#8939
World Rank
#8955
Historical Rank
#2229
USA Rank

John Wood Community College ranks #2229 in the U.S. and #8939 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees
Engineering
#10916
World Rank
#10923
Historical Rank
#2484
USA Rank

John Wood Community College ranks #2484 in the U.S. and #10916 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Medical
#8908
World Rank
#8910
Historical Rank
#2515
USA Rank

John Wood Community College ranks #2515 in the U.S. and #8908 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Criminal Justice
#6786
World Rank
#6788
Historical Rank
#3211
USA Rank

John Wood Community College ranks #3211 in the U.S. and #6786 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Computer Science
#11827
World Rank
#11835
Historical Rank
#3239
USA Rank

John Wood Community College ranks #3239 in the U.S. and #11827 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees