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Largest general studies programs in Illinois

Illinois general studies 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	Moraine Valley Community College	Palos Hills	Public, 2-year	320
2	City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	182
3	William Rainey Harper College	Palatine	Public, 2-year	139
4	Joliet Junior College	Joliet	Public, 2-year	112
5	College of DuPage	Glen Ellyn	Public, 2-year	103
6	City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	101
7	City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	93
8	Illinois Central College	East Peoria	Public, 2-year	90
9	Parkland College	Champaign	Public, 2-year	90
10	Triton College	River Grove	Public, 2-year	65
11	Carl Sandburg College	Galesburg	Public, 2-year	59
12	Prairie State College	Chicago Heights	Public, 2-year	55
13	Illinois Eastern Community Colleges	Olney	Public, 2-year	52
14	City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	45
15	City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	43
16	Kaskaskia College	Centralia	Public, 2-year	41
17	City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	39
18	Danville Area Community College	Danville	Public, 2-year	35
19	Kankakee Community College	Kankakee	Public, 2-year	35
20	Lincoln Land Community College	Springfield	Public, 2-year	30
21	City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College	Chicago	Public, 2-year	27
22	DePaul University	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	26
23	Aurora University	Aurora	Private nonprofit, 4-year	22
24	University of Chicago	Chicago	Private nonprofit, 4-year	22
25	Shawnee Community College	Ullin	Public, 2-year	22

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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