Elgin Community College Business Programs

Located in Elgin, Illinois, Elgin Community College is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Elgin Community College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at ECC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#87	Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Elgin Community College?

Contact details for ECC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, IL 60123-7193
Phone:	847-697-1000
Website:	www.elgin.edu

How Do I Get Into ECC?

You can apply to ECC online at: https://www.elgin.edu/admissions/apply/

Elgin Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Elgin Community College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At ECC, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $3,510 a year. That adds up to $14,040 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at ECC 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.

Elgin Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,882 undergraduate students at ECC, with 2,846 being full-time and 5,036 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,846 full-time undergraduates at ECC, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Elgin Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	252
Black or African American	86
Hispanic or Latino	768
White	1,399
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	314

Over 27 countries are represented at ECC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Vietnam, and India.

Online Learning at Elgin Community College

In 2019-2020, 5,819 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of ECC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Elgin Community College was 67.3%. This is the #459 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at ECC 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%.

Elgin Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	13	13	26
Office Administration	6	0	2	8
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	7	0	1	8
General Business Administration and Management	0	5	0	5
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	4	0	4
Business & Office Technology	0	0	1	1
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	0	0	0	0
Entrepreneurship	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	13	22	17	52

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.