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Largest liberal arts programs in Illinois
Illinois liberal arts 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 | Illinois Central College | East Peoria | Public, 2-year | 2,182 |
| 2 | William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | Public, 2-year | 1,823 |
| 3 | College of Lake County | Grayslake | Public, 2-year | 1,587 |
| 4 | Elgin Community College | Elgin | Public, 2-year | 1,223 |
| 5 | Oakton College | Des Plaines | Public, 2-year | 997 |
| 6 | City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 937 |
| 7 | McHenry County College | Crystal Lake | Public, 2-year | 902 |
| 8 | Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | Public, 2-year | 750 |
| 9 | City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 666 |
| 10 | College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | Public, 2-year | 626 |
| 11 | Heartland Community College | Normal | Public, 2-year | 626 |
| 12 | Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills | Public, 2-year | 586 |
| 13 | Illinois Eastern Community Colleges | Olney | Public, 2-year | 559 |
| 14 | Lake Land College | Mattoon | Public, 2-year | 554 |
| 15 | Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Public, 2-year | 509 |
| 16 | Rock Valley College | Rockford | Public, 2-year | 501 |
| 17 | Triton College | River Grove | Public, 2-year | 481 |
| 18 | Black Hawk College | Moline | Public, 2-year | 428 |
| 19 | Lewis and Clark Community College | Godfrey | Public, 2-year | 386 |
| 20 | Illinois Valley Community College | Oglesby | Public, 2-year | 324 |
| 21 | Prairie State College | Chicago Heights | Public, 2-year | 322 |
| 22 | City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 317 |
| 23 | Carl Sandburg College | Galesburg | Public, 2-year | 315 |
| 24 | Rend Lake College | Ina | Public, 2-year | 314 |
| 25 | Parkland College | Champaign | Public, 2-year | 258 |
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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