Shawnee Community College

Overview

Rankings

• #26 Most Affordable Colleges in Illinois

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Shawnee Community College? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Based in Ullin, Illinois, Shawnee Community College enrolls students across a range of programs. The graduation rate is roughly 51%.

Retention Rate

67%

Full-Time Faculty

39%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$8,363

Student–Faculty Ratio

14:1

Diversity Index

0.43

First-Gen Students

45%

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Shawnee Community College? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Shawnee Community College is $7,500, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $4,162. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $3,792 after need-based grants.

In-State Tuition

$4,650

Out-of-State

$7,500

Avg Net Price

$4,162

Pell Grant Rate

31%

Federal Loan Rate

0%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Shawnee Community College — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Shawnee Community College Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Shawnee Community College report median earnings of $32,999, a figure worth comparing against the cost of attendance before enrolling.

6 Years After Entry

$27,902

8 Years

$29,552

10 Years

$32,999

Earning > $25K

36%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Shawnee Community College Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Shawnee Community College is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 1.29%, well above the typical college. Access is a real strength here. Roughly 24.3% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile, a high share that gives low-income students a real foothold. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 5.3% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $48,800, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

1.29%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

5.3%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

24.3%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$66,302

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Shawnee Community College? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs around the national average at Shawnee Community College. Its economic connectedness score is 0.89, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (-0.00), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 7% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

0.89

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

-0.00

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

7.2%

Support Ratio

1.00

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Endowment

$1,267,964

Federal Grants

$3,757,566

Investment Income

$50,613

Top Programs

The fields Shawnee Community College awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Humanities 36%
• Health Professions 28% $60,796 early-career
• Precision Production 15%
• Transportation 7%
• Culinary & Personal Services 3%
• Computer Science & IT 2%
• Mechanic & Repair Tech 2%
• Business & Marketing 1%

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.