Richland Community College Business Programs

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

Where Is Richland Community College?

Contact details for Richland Community College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One College Park, Decatur, IL 62521-8513
Phone:	217-875-7200
Website:	www.richland.edu

How Do I Get Into Richland Community College?

You can apply to Richland Community College online at: https://www.richland.edu/apply

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

Can I Afford Richland 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 Richland Community College, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $5,206 a year. That adds up to $20,824 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Richland Community College is 13.5%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Richland Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,235 undergraduate students at Richland Community College, with 620 being full-time and 1,615 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 620 full-time undergraduates at Richland Community College, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	13
Black or African American	89
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	468
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

Online Learning at Richland Community College

In 2019-2020, 1,324 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Richland Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Richland Community College was 56.4%. This is the #521 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Richland 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%.

Richland Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	10	4	0	14
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	4	2	3	9
General Business Administration and Management	8	0	0	8
General Hospitality Administration/Management	3	3	0	6
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	2	2	1	5
Entrepreneurship	3	0	0	3
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	2	0	0	2
Agricultural Business	0	1	0	1
Agricultural Economics	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	32	12	4	48

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.