Safest Colleges in Illinois
25 schools ranked by lowest violent crime rate from federal Clery Act filings. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Violent (4yr avg) | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Augustana College Rock Island · private | 0 | $22,736 | 77.7% | $62,971 |
| 2 | Aurora University Aurora · private | 0 | $18,838 | 67.2% | $58,709 |
| 3 | Black Hawk College Moline · community | 0 | $6,944 | 31.7% | $37,253 |
| 4 | Blackburn College Carlinville · private | 0 | $18,460 | 42.1% | $46,802 |
| 5 | Carl Sandburg College Galesburg · community | 0 | $3,662 | 51.5% | $35,274 |
| 6 | City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College Chicago · community | 0 | $7,220 | 28.8% | $32,427 |
| 7 | City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College Chicago · community | 0 | $9,038 | 49.2% | $31,114 |
| 8 | City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College Chicago · community | 0 | $7,886 | 34.2% | $37,962 |
| 9 | Danville Area Community College Danville · community | 0 | $4,777 | 35.2% | $34,867 |
| 10 | College of DuPage Glen Ellyn · community | 0 | $7,401 | 24.7% | $46,909 |
| 11 | East-West University Chicago · private | 0 | $21,697 | 19.1% | $29,963 |
| 12 | Elgin Community College Elgin · community | 0 | $6,026 | 32.5% | $45,516 |
| 13 | Eureka College Eureka · private | 0 | $17,349 | 56.0% | $51,641 |
| 14 | Fox College Tinley Park · community | 0 | $13,109 | 71.1% | $41,539 |
| 15 | Greenville University Greenville · private | 0 | $19,533 | 57.6% | $46,827 |
| 16 | Highland Community College Freeport · community | 0 | $5,713 | 36.6% | $37,928 |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington · private | 0 | $28,199 | 81.9% | $70,871 |
| 18 | Illinois Central College East Peoria · community | 0 | $12,961 | 36.3% | $37,366 |
| 19 | Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Olney · community | 0 | $10,092 | 56.1% | $37,533 |
| 20 | Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby · community | 0 | $2,232 | 37.2% | $40,810 |
| 21 | John A Logan College Carterville · community | 0 | $5,541 | 31.7% | $34,096 |
| 22 | John Wood Community College Quincy · community | 0 | $7,050 | 42.1% | $38,631 |
| 23 | Joliet Junior College Joliet · community | 0 | $1,672 | 20.4% | $42,889 |
| 24 | Judson University Elgin · private | 0 | $18,558 | 56.6% | $56,313 |
| 25 | Kankakee Community College Kankakee · community | 0 | $4,665 | 33.6% | $38,767 |
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