Illinois Community Colleges
Community colleges, formerly known as junior colleges, are 2-year higher education institutions that provide postsecondary courses leading to certificate and associate degree as a pathway to a four-year degree. Below is a list of all community colleges in the state of Illinois. For each college, you will see the name of current president, website URL, street address, phone number, postal code and city location. See Countryaah.com for the list of all cities and towns in Illinois.
Illinois is home to a variety of community colleges throughout the state, providing students with educational opportunities in a wide range of fields. From the Chicago metropolitan area to more rural areas, these schools offer associate’s degrees and certificates in disciplines such as business administration, health sciences, computer information systems, engineering technology, hospitality management and more.
The Illinois Community College System (ICCS) is a statewide network of 48 public community colleges designed to provide access to higher education for the citizens of Illinois. The ICCS consists of two-year institutions located in each county and offers students access to transfer programs that lead to four-year degrees at universities across the state. In addition, many ICCS schools offer vocational training programs that are designed for those interested in entering specific trades or professions. All ICCS institutions are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
The City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) is a group of seven public community colleges located within the city limits. The CCC provides students with access to associate’s degree and certificate programs in career-oriented subjects such as accounting, automotive technology, culinary arts, early childhood education and healthcare administration. In addition to traditional academic offerings CCC provides students with access to career services such as job search assistance, resume building workshops and internship opportunities.
In addition to these two larger school networks there are several smaller community colleges throughout the state including Lewis Clark State College in Lewiston; Eastern Idaho Technical College in Idaho Falls; College of Western Idaho in Nampa; Boise State University’s Community Colleges Division which includes five campuses throughout the Treasure Valley; Northwest Nazarene University’s School of Professional Studies which also has five campuses throughout the Treasure Valley; College of Eastern Idaho located in Rexburg; College Of Technology at Boise State University located in Nampa; ITT Technical Institute located in Meridian; Stevens Henager College located in Boise/Nampa/Idaho Falls/Pocatello/Lewiston; Carrington College located in Boise/Meridian/Twin Falls/Coeur d’Alene/Lewiston; Rasmussen College located in Boise; American InterContinental University Online located nationwide but serving all 50 states including Idaho.
Overall there are numerous educational options available at these community colleges throughout Illinois that can help prepare students for their future careers or further academic pursuits at four-year institutions. Whether you are looking for an associate’s degree program or just taking some courses towards your future four-year degree – you can find something that fits your needs at one of these schools!
- Searchforpublicschools.com: Offers a list of all public K12 schools in Illinois by county, including elementary schools, middle schools and high schools.
| CEO/President: | Thomas A. Schmidt |
| Web Address: | sandburg.edu |
| Address: | 2400 Tom L. Wilson Boulevard |
| City: | Galesburg |
| Zip: | 61401 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 3093442518 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Distr ict Office | |
| CEO/President: | Wayne Watson |
| Web Address: | ccc.edu |
| Address: | 226 West Jackson Boulevard |
| City: | Chicago |
| Zip: | 60606-6998 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 3125532510 |
| College of DuPage | |
| CEO/President: | Sunil Chand |
| Web Address: | cod.edu |
| Address: | 425 Fawell Boulevard |
| City: | Glen Ellyn |
| Zip: | 60137-6599 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6309422200 |
| College of Lake County | |
| CEO/President: | Richard W. Fonte |
| Web Address: | clcillinois.edu |
| Address: | 19351 West Washington Street |
| City: | Grayslake |
| Zip: | 60030 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 8475432201 |
| Danville Area Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Alice Marie Jacobs |
| Web Address: | dacc.cc.il.us |
| Address: | 2000 East Main Street |
| City: | Danville |
| Zip: | 61832-5199 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 2174433222 |
| Elgin Community College | |
| CEO/President: | David Sam |
| Web Address: | elgin.edu |
| Address: | 1700 Spartan Drive |
| City: | Elgin |
| Zip: | 60123-7193 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 8472147374 |
| Frontier Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Michael Dreith |
| Web Address: | iecc.edufcc |
| Address: | 2 Frontier Drive |
| City: | Fairfield |
| Zip: | 62837 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6188423711 |
| Harold Washington College | |
| CEO/President: | John R. Wozniak |
| Web Address: | http://hwashington.ccc.edu |
| Address: | 30 East Lake Street |
| City: | Chicago |
| Zip: | 60601-2495 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 3125535600 |
| Heartland Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Jonathan M. Astroth |
| Web Address: | heartland.edu |
| Address: | 1500 West Raab Road |
| City: | Normal |
| Zip: | 61761 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 3092688100 |
| Highland Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Joe Kanosky |
| Web Address: | highland.edu |
| Address: | 2998 West Pearl City Road |
| City: | Freeport |
| Zip: | 61032-9341 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 8152356121 |
| Illinois Central College | |
| CEO/President: | John S. Erwin |
| Web Address: | icc.edu |
| Address: | One College Drive |
| City: | East Peoria |
| Zip: | 61611 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 3096945011 |
| Illinois Community College Board | |
| CEO/President: | Geoffrey Obrzut |
| Web Address: | iccb.state.il.us |
| Address: | 401 East Capitol Avenue |
| City: | Springfield |
| Zip: | 62701-1711 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 2177850013 |
| Illinois Eastern Community College District | |
| CEO/President: | Terry L. Bruce |
| Web Address: | 00tp://www.iecc.edu |
| Address: | 233 East Chestnut Street |
| City: | Olney |
| Zip: | 62450 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6183932982 |
| Illinois Valley Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Larry D. Huffman |
| Web Address: | ivcc.edu |
| Address: | 815 North Orlando Smith Avenue |
| City: | Oglesby |
| Zip: | 61348-9692 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 8152242720 |
| John A Logan College | |
| CEO/President: | Robert Mees |
| Web Address: | jalc.edu |
| Address: | 700 Logan College Road |
| City: | Carterville |
| Zip: | 62918 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6189853741 |
| John Wood Community College | |
| CEO/President: | William M. Simpson |
| Web Address: | jwcc.edu |
| Address: | 1301 South 48th Street |
| City: | Quincy |
| Zip: | 62305-8736 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 2172246500 |
| Joliet Junior College | |
| CEO/President: | Eugenia Proulx |
| Web Address: | jjc.edu |
| Address: | 1215 Houbolt Ave |
| City: | Joliet |
| Zip: | 60431-8938 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 8152802207 |
| Kankakee Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Girard W. Weber |
| Web Address: | kcc.edu |
| Address: | 100 College Drive |
| City: | Kankakee |
| Zip: | 60901-6505 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 8158028110 |
| Kaskaskia College | |
| CEO/President: | James C. Underwood |
| Web Address: | kc.cc.il.us |
| Address: | 27210 College Road |
| City: | Centralia |
| Zip: | 62801 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6185453010 |
| Kennedy-King College | |
| CEO/President: | Clyde El-Amin |
| Web Address: | http://kennedyking.ccc.edu |
| Address: | 6800 South Wentworth Avenue |
| City: | Chicago |
| Zip: | 60621-3799 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 7736025016 |
| Kishwaukee College | |
| CEO/President: | David Louis |
| Web Address: | kishwaukeecollege.edu |
| Address: | 21193 Malta Road |
| City: | Malta |
| Zip: | 60150 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 8158252086 |
| Lake Land College | |
| CEO/President: | Bill Thallemer |
| Web Address: | lakelandcollege.edu |
| Address: | 5001 Lake Land Boulevard |
| City: | Mattoon |
| Zip: | 61938 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 2172345253 |
| Lewis and Clark Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Dale T. Chapman |
| Web Address: | lc.edu |
| Address: | 5800 Godfrey Road |
| City: | Godfrey |
| Zip: | 62035 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6184667000 |
| Lincoln Land Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Charlotte Warren |
| Web Address: | llcc.edu |
| Address: | 5250 Shepherd Road, PO Box 19256 |
| City: | Springfield |
| Zip: | 62794-9256 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 2177862200 |
| Lincoln Trail College | |
| CEO/President: | Beverly Turkal |
| Web Address: | iecc.edultc |
| Address: | 11220 State Highway 1 |
| City: | Robinson |
| Zip: | 62454 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6185448657 |
| CEO/President: | Zerrie Campbell |
| Web Address: | http://malcolmx.ccc.edu |
| Address: | 1900 West Van Buren Street |
| City: | Chicago |
| Zip: | 60612-3197 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 3128507000 |
| McHenry County College | |
| CEO/President: | Walter J. Packard |
| Web Address: | mchenry.edu |
| Address: | 8900 US Hwy 14 |
| City: | Crystal Lake |
| Zip: | 60012-2761 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 8154553700 |
| Moraine Valley Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Vernon Crawley |
| Web Address: | morainevalley.edu |
| Address: | 9000 West College Parkway |
| City: | Palos Hills |
| Zip: | 60465-0937 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 7089745201 |
| Morton College | |
| CEO/President: | Brent Knight |
| Web Address: | morton.edu |
| Address: | 3801 South Central Avenue |
| City: | Cicero |
| Zip: | 60804 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 7086568000 |
| Oakton Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Margaret B. Lee |
| Web Address: | oakton.edu |
| Address: | 1600 East Golf Road |
| City: | Des Plaines |
| Zip: | 60016 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 8476351600 |
| Olive-Harvey College | |
| CEO/President: | Valerie R. Roberson |
| Web Address: | http://oliveharvey.ccc.edu |
| Address: | 10001 South Woodlawn Avenue |
| City: | Chicago |
| Zip: | 60628-1696 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 7732916100 |
| Olney Central College | |
| CEO/President: | Jackie L. Davis |
| Web Address: | iecc.eduocc |
| Address: | 305 North West Street |
| City: | Olney |
| Zip: | 62450 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6183957777 |
| Parkland College | |
| CEO/President: | Robert Exley |
| Web Address: | parkland.edu |
| Address: | 2400 West Bradley Avenue |
| City: | Champaign |
| Zip: | 61821 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 2173512231 |
| Prairie State College | |
| CEO/President: | Paul J. McCarthy |
| Web Address: | prairiestate.edu |
| Address: | 202 South Halsted Street |
| City: | Chicago Heights |
| Zip: | 60411 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 7087093638 |
| Rend Lake College | |
| CEO/President: | Mark Kern |
| Web Address: | rlc.edu |
| Address: | 468 North Ken Gray Parkway |
| City: | Ina |
| Zip: | 62846 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6184375321 |
| Richard J Daley College | |
| CEO/President: | Sylvia Ramos |
| Web Address: | http://daley.ccc.edu |
| Address: | City Colleges of Chicago 7500 South Pulaski Road |
| City: | Chicago |
| Zip: | 60652-1299 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 7738387511 |
| Richland Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Gayle Saunders |
| Web Address: | richland.edu |
| Address: | One College Park |
| City: | Decatur |
| Zip: | 62521 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 2178757200 |
| Rock Valley College | |
| CEO/President: | Jack J. Becherer |
| Web Address: | rockvalleycollege.edu |
| Address: | 3301 North Mulford Road |
| City: | Rockford |
| Zip: | 61114 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 8159217821 |
| Sauk Valley Community College | |
| CEO/President: | George Mihel |
| Web Address: | svcc.edu |
| Address: | 173 Illinois Route 2 |
| City: | Dixon |
| Zip: | 61021-9110 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 8152885511 |
| Shawnee Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Larry Choate |
| Web Address: | shawneecc.edu |
| Address: | 8364 Shawnee College Road |
| City: | Ullin |
| Zip: | 62992 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6186343260 |
| South Suburban College | |
| CEO/President: | George Dammer |
| Web Address: | southsuburbancollege.edu |
| Address: | 15800 State Street |
| City: | South Holland |
| Zip: | 60473-1200 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 7085962000 |
| Southeastern Illinois College | |
| CEO/President: | Raymond V. Cummiskey |
| Web Address: | sic.edu |
| Address: | 3575 College Road |
| City: | Harrisburg |
| Zip: | 62946-4925 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6182525400 |
| Southwestern Illinois College | |
| CEO/President: | Elmer Kirchoff |
| Web Address: | swic.edu |
| Address: | 2500 Carlyle Road |
| City: | Belleville |
| Zip: | 62221-5899 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6182352700 |
| Spoon River College | |
| CEO/President: | Robert Ritschel |
| Web Address: | spoonrivercollege.edu |
| Address: | 23235 North County 22 |
| City: | Canton |
| Zip: | 61520 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 3096474645 |
| Triton College | |
| CEO/President: | Patricia Granados |
| Web Address: | triton.edu |
| Address: | 2000 North 5th Avenue |
| City: | River Grove |
| Zip: | 60171 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 7084560300 |
| Truman College | |
| CEO/President: | Marguerite Boyd |
| Web Address: | trumancollege.cc/index.php |
| Address: | 1145 West Wilson Avenue |
| City: | Chicago |
| Zip: | 60640-5691 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 7734074700 |
| Wabash Valley College | |
| CEO/President: | Harry K. Benson |
| Web Address: | iecc.eduwvc |
| Address: | 2200 College Drive |
| City: | Mount Carmel |
| Zip: | 62863 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6182628641 |
| Waubonsee Community College | |
| CEO/President: | Christine J. Sobek |
| Web Address: | waubonsee.edu |
| Address: | Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive |
| City: | Sugar Grove |
| Zip: | 60554 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 6304662300 |
| Wilbur Wright College | |
| CEO/President: | Charles Guengerich |
| Web Address: | http://wright.ccc.edu |
| Address: | 4300 North Narragansett Ave. |
| City: | Chicago |
| Zip: | 60634-1591 |
| State: | IL |
| Phone: | 7737777900 |
