Illinois Central College
Public Community College in East Peoria, IL. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $37,366.
Students who entered Illinois Central College reach a median of $37,366 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 49%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $8,900, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
49% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 70% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 15% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Retention drops to 53% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,909 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,570 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $10,000 while those at $110k+ pay $18,325. 47% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 12% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 885 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $10,000 |
| $30–48k | $10,437 |
| $48–75k | $13,386 |
| $75–110k | $17,255 |
| $110k+ | $18,325 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 597 of these 4,909 students, totalling $3,508,188 — an average of $5,876 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tazewell County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)