Kishwaukee College

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#11762 / #3106
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Community college in Malta, Illinois, U.S.

Kishwaukee College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#3106
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$4,800
Graduation rate
44%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
1,936

Reviewed by , Vice President and Academic Editor. Influence ranks come from our InfluenceRanking™ methodology; other figures come from federal data, with the year shown under each section. Report an error

Kishwaukee College Featured Rankings

About Kishwaukee College

According to Wikipedia, Kishwaukee College is a public community college in Malta, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Community College System and serves District 523, which encompasses most of DeKalb County, and parts of Lee, Ogle and La Salle counties.

Kishwaukee College's Online Degrees

AA in Art And Design
  • Required Credits: 106-108
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Music
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Theatre
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Theatre
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Fine Arts
  • Required Credits: 65
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Administrative Assistant
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Agribusiness
  • Required Credits: 52
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Agribusiness
Degree Concentrations
  • Foundations Of Agribusiness
  • Precision Agriculture
  • Required Credits: 52
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Business
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Business
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Office Systems
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Marketing
Degree Concentrations
  • Retailing
  • Supervision Basics
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Economics
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Economics
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Marketing Management
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Applications Specialist
  • Required Credits: 17
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Computer Information Systems
Degree Concentrations
  • Networking
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Computer Information Systems
Degree Concentrations
  • Computer Programming
  • Network Administration
  • Google It Support
  • Web Development
  • Networking Fundamentals
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Computer Science
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Criminal Justice
Degree Concentrations
  • Forensic Teh
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Criminal Justice
Degree Concentrations
  • Crime Scene Processing
  • Criminal Investigation
  • Law For Policing
  • Social Role Of Law Enforcement
  • Traffic Investigations
  • Criminal Justice Management
  • Required Credits: 16-24
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education
  • Required Credits: 56
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Education
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Physical Education
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Physical Education
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Anthropology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Anthropology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Communication
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Communication
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in English
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in English
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Geography
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Geography
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in History
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in History
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Humanities
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Humanities
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Modern Languages
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Modern Languages
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Philosophy
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Philosophy
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Political Science
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Political Science
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Sociology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Sociology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Billing And Coding
  • Required Credits: 28
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Health
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Not Listed in Sterile Processing Technician
  • Required Credits: Non Credit
  • Completion Time: 4 months
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Technician
  • Required Credits: Non Credit Program
  • Completion Time: 4 months
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Biology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Agriculture
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Engineering
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Mathematics
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Physical Science
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Physics
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online

Kishwaukee College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
74%44%

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 Kishwaukee College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$4,800
Average Net Price by Family Income (2021–22)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$2,962
30K - 48K$1,099
48K - 75K$3,487
75K - 110K$9,772
110K+$12,222

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 Kishwaukee College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Kishwaukee College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $43,671 a year, and 87% 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.

Kishwaukee College's Demographics

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

Student BodyUnder-Grads
3,8723,872

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

Where is Kishwaukee College?

Kishwaukee College is located at 21193 Malta Rd, Malta, IL 60150-9699.

How Safe is Kishwaukee College?

Relative to its enrollment, Kishwaukee College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property 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).

What Is Kishwaukee College Known For?

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

Kishwaukee College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Kishwaukee 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
#4507
World Rank
#4507
Historical Rank
#1792
USA Rank

Kishwaukee College ranks #1792 in the U.S. and #4507 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Biology
#7401
World Rank
#7415
Historical Rank
#1834
USA Rank

Kishwaukee College ranks #1834 in the U.S. and #7401 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees
Education
#8566
World Rank
#8572
Historical Rank
#2295
USA Rank

Kishwaukee College ranks #2295 in the U.S. and #8566 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Computer Science
#10126
World Rank
#10135
Historical Rank
#2708
USA Rank

Kishwaukee College ranks #2708 in the U.S. and #10126 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Medical
#11046
World Rank
#11049
Historical Rank
#3078
USA Rank

Kishwaukee College ranks #3078 in the U.S. and #11046 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Criminal Justice
#6745
World Rank
#6747
Historical Rank
#3171
USA Rank

Kishwaukee College ranks #3171 in the U.S. and #6745 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Engineering
#13719
World Rank
#13725
Historical Rank
#3442
USA Rank

Kishwaukee College ranks #3442 in the U.S. and #13719 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees