Carl Sandburg College Business Programs

Carl Sandburg College is a public institution situated in Galesburg, Illinois. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Carl Sandburg College.

Where Is Carl Sandburg College?

Contact details for Carl Sandburg College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2400 Tom L. Wilson Boulevard, Galesburg, IL 61401
Phone:	309-344-2518
Website:	www.sandburg.edu

How Do I Get Into Carl Sandburg College?

You can apply to Carl Sandburg College online at: www.sandburg.edu/Admissions/Applying To Sandburg/index.html

Since Carl Sandburg College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Carl Sandburg College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Carl Sandburg College, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $4,643 a year. That adds up to $18,572 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Carl Sandburg College is 9.0%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Carl Sandburg College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,755 undergraduate students at Carl Sandburg College, with 692 being full-time and 1,063 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 692 full-time undergraduates at Carl Sandburg College, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Carl Sandburg College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	6
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	530
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	68

Over 17 countries are represented at Carl Sandburg College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, Pakistan, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Carl Sandburg College

In 2019-2020, 1,465 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Carl Sandburg College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Carl Sandburg College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Carl Sandburg College was 40.4%. This is the #652 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Carl Sandburg College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Carl Sandburg College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	2	0	2
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	1	1	2
Small Business Administration/Management	0	2	2
Accounting	1	0	1
TOTAL	4	3	7

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.