Lake Land College
Lake Land College at a Glance
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About Lake Land College
According to Wikipedia, Lake Land College is a public community college in Mattoon, Illinois. It was founded in 1966. As of the Fall 2022 semester Lake Land serves 3,742 students, mainly from the east-central Illinois region. The campus has seven major buildings plus eight supportive buildings, two campus ponds, and a agriculture land laboratory.
Lake Land College's Online Degrees
AA in Art
- Required Credits: 64
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Office Support Specialist-Microsoft Office
- Required Credits: 16
- Completion Time: 4 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship
- Required Credits: 18
- Completion Time: 4 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Management
- Required Credits: 18
- Completion Time: 4 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Office Support Specialist
- Required Credits: 18
- Completion Time: 1 year
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Office Support Specialist-Medical
- Required Credits: 18
- Completion Time: 4 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Electronic Marketing
- Required Credits: 24
- Completion Time: 1 year
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Marketing
- Required Credits: 24
- Completion Time: 1 year
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Professional Sales
- Required Credits: 24
- Completion Time: 1 year
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Accounting
- Required Credits: 32
- Completion Time: 1-2 years
- Format: Fully online
AA in Business
- Required Credits: 64
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Marketing
- Required Credits: 64
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Management
- Required Credits: 65
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Programmable Logic Controllers
- Required Credits: 6
- Completion Time: 4 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Computer Application Specialist
- Required Credits: 18
- Completion Time: 4 months
- Format: Fully online
AA in Early Childhood Education
- Required Credits: 64
- Completion Time: 2 years
AA in Secondary Education
Degree Concentrations
- Biology
- Required Credits: 64
- Completion Time: 2 years
AS in Secondary Education
Degree Concentrations
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Required Credits: 64
- Completion Time: 2 years
Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Coding Specialist
- Required Credits: 41
- Completion Time: 18 months
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Medical Coding And Health Information
- Required Credits: 66
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
Lake Land College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 72% | 58% |
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 Lake Land College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $4,620 |
| Income | Average Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0 - 30K | $4,271 |
| 30K - 48K | $4,152 |
| 48K - 75K | $5,217 |
| 75K - 110K | $9,155 |
| 110K+ | $12,285 |
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 Lake Land College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Lake Land College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $44,674 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.
Lake Land College's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads |
|---|---|
| 8,745 | 8,745 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Lake Land College?
Lake Land College is located at 5001 Lake Land Blvd, Mattoon, IL 61938.
How Safe is Lake Land College?
No violent or property offenses were reported on Lake Land 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, Lake Land College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Mattoon has a violent crime rate of 0.53% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 1.22%. 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 Lake Land College Known For?
Lake Land College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
- Computer Science
- Biology
- Communications
- Nursing
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Medical
- Education
- Criminal Justice
- Business
- Engineering
Lake Land College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Lake Land 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
Lake Land College ranks #845 in the U.S. and #3755 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
computer-science DegreesLake Land College ranks #1165 in the U.S. and #4811 worldwide for influence in Biology.
biology DegreesLake Land College ranks #1393 in the U.S. and #5248 worldwide for influence in Communications.
communications DegreesLake Land College ranks #1511 in the U.S. and #3819 worldwide for influence in Nursing.
nursing DegreesLake Land College ranks #2122 in the U.S. and #5682 worldwide for influence in Social Work.
social-work DegreesLake Land College ranks #2146 in the U.S. and #6370 worldwide for influence in Sociology.
sociology DegreesLake Land College ranks #2520 in the U.S. and #8920 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine DegreesLake Land College ranks #3001 in the U.S. and #11028 worldwide for influence in Education.
education DegreesLake Land College ranks #3026 in the U.S. and #6454 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesLake Land College ranks #3122 in the U.S. and #11288 worldwide for influence in Business.
business DegreesLake Land College ranks #3664 in the U.S. and #14341 worldwide for influence in Engineering.
engineering Degrees