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Largest biological and physical sciences programs in Illinois
Illinois biological and physical sciences programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | Public, 2-year | 401 |
| 2 | Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills | Public, 2-year | 281 |
| 3 | Waubonsee Community College | Sugar Grove | Public, 2-year | 261 |
| 4 | College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | Public, 2-year | 232 |
| 5 | Elgin Community College | Elgin | Public, 2-year | 193 |
| 6 | Triton College | River Grove | Public, 2-year | 185 |
| 7 | Rock Valley College | Rockford | Public, 2-year | 176 |
| 8 | McHenry County College | Crystal Lake | Public, 2-year | 155 |
| 9 | City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 143 |
| 10 | Parkland College | Champaign | Public, 2-year | 140 |
| 11 | College of Lake County | Grayslake | Public, 2-year | 135 |
| 12 | Kishwaukee College | Malta | Public, 2-year | 134 |
| 13 | City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 132 |
| 14 | City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 132 |
| 15 | Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Public, 2-year | 118 |
| 16 | Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | Public, 2-year | 114 |
| 17 | Illinois Valley Community College | Oglesby | Public, 2-year | 114 |
| 18 | Rend Lake College | Ina | Public, 2-year | 108 |
| 19 | Morton College | Cicero | Public, 2-year | 107 |
| 20 | City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 102 |
| 21 | Lewis and Clark Community College | Godfrey | Public, 2-year | 80 |
| 22 | Heartland Community College | Normal | Public, 2-year | 78 |
| 23 | Black Hawk College | Moline | Public, 2-year | 69 |
| 24 | Lincoln Land Community College | Springfield | Public, 2-year | 67 |
| 25 | Highland Community College | Freeport | Public, 2-year | 60 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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