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Located in Freeport, Illinois, Highland Community College is a public institution. Freeport is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

32 Undergraduate Degrees

Where Is Highland Community College?

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Contact details for Highland Community College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2998 W Pearl City Rd, Freeport, IL 61032-9341
Phone: 815-235-6121
Website: www.highland.edu

How Do I Get Into Highland Community College?

You can apply to Highland Community College online at: https://highland.edu/admissions/new-students/apply-online/

As long as you submit the requested materials to Highland Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Highland Community College?

12% Take Out Loans
10.0% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Highland Community College, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $4,071 a year. That adds up to $16,284 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Highland Community College is 10.0%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Highland Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

653 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,276 undergraduate students at Highland Community College, with 653 being full-time and 623 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 653 full-time undergraduates at Highland Community College, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 7
Black or African American 50
Hispanic or Latino 42
White 513
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 34

Over 10 countries are represented at Highland Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Croatia, South Korea, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Highland Community College

127 Took All Classes Online
663 Took At Least One Class Online
6.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 663 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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Online Growth Rankings of Highland Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Highland Community College was 6.1%. This is the #1,346 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Highland Community 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%.

Highland Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s TOTAL
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 13 0 13
Accounting 4 4 8
Agricultural Business 0 7 7
General Hospitality Administration/Management 1 1 2
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management 1 0 1
Restaurant/Food Services Management 1 0 1
General Business Administration and Management 0 0 0
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science 0 0 0
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services 0 0 0
Retailing and Retail Operations 0 0 0
TOTAL 20 12 32

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.

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