2026 Ranking

Best Community Colleges for Transfer in Illinois

Community colleges whose students successfully transfer out within six years.

Ranked: 54
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Year: 2026
Version: v1

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#245

Danville Area Community College

· Danville Area Community College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 19.3%
Retention (FT): 65.0%
Scale: 3.3

#249

Spoon River College

· Spoon River College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 21.6%
Retention (FT): 66.0%
Scale: 3.1

#262

Morton College

· Morton College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 16.9%
Retention (FT): 66.0%
Scale: 3.6

#268

Highland Community College

· Highland Community College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 18.5%
Retention (FT): 70.0%
Scale: 3.1

#292

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges

· Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 15.7%
Retention (FT): 66.0%
Scale: 3.7

#296

City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College

· City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 17.1%
Retention (FT): 59.0%
Scale: 3.8

#302

Lewis and Clark Community College

· Lewis and Clark Community College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 14.7%
Retention (FT): 70.0%
Scale: 3.6

#324

Heartland Community College

· Heartland Community College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 12.9%
Retention (FT): 74.0%
Scale: 3.7

#327

Kankakee Community College

· Kankakee Community College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 21.1%
Retention (FT): 57.0%
Scale: 3.4

#346

Shawnee Community College

· Shawnee Community College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 18.7%
Retention (FT): 67.0%
Scale: 3.1

#393

Kaskaskia College

· Kaskaskia College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 15.9%
Retention (FT): 64.0%
Scale: 3.5

#411

John Wood Community College

· John Wood Community College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 17.0%
Retention (FT): 64.0%
Scale: 3.3

#429

City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College

· City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 20.4%
Retention (FT): 44.0%
Scale: 3.4

#461

Lincoln Land Community College

· Lincoln Land Community College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 11.1%
Retention (FT): 72.0%
Scale: 3.7

#477

John A Logan College

· John A Logan College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 14.4%
Retention (FT): 66.0%
Scale: 3.5

#480

Lake Land College

· Lake Land College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 12.0%
Retention (FT): 72.0%
Scale: 3.6

#563

Carl Sandburg College

· Carl Sandburg College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 15.5%
Retention (FT): 63.0%
Scale: 3.2

#603

City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College

· City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 12.8%
Retention (FT): 56.0%
Scale: 3.9

#614

City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College

· City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 12.7%
Retention (FT): 59.0%
Scale: 3.8

#645

City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College

· City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 10.7%
Retention (FT): 63.0%
Scale: 3.8

#683

Rend Lake College

· Rend Lake College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 12.8%
Retention (FT): 64.0%
Scale: 3.3

#719

Richland Community College

· Richland Community College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 12.7%
Retention (FT): 60.0%
Scale: 3.3

#882

Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc

· Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 0.6%
Retention (FT): 77.0%
Scale: 3.2

#895

City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College

· City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 10.2%
Retention (FT): 50.0%
Scale: 3.4

#977

Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College

· Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College, IL

Mixed outcomes

Transfer-out rate: 0.7%
Retention (FT): 74.0%
Scale: 2.9

How we score — methodology (v1) ▾

Eligibility

Two-year institutions with IPEDS transfer-out rate and ≥500 undergraduates.

Score weights

55%

25%

20%

Transferred Out Rate 55%

Full Time Retention Rate 25%

Log Scale 20%