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Kaskaskia College

Community collegePublicBrookside, ILwww.kaskaskia.edu ↗

Kaskaskia College is a public community college in Brookside, IL, with about 3,026 students on campus. the average family on aid pays $6,477 a year, and 49% of students graduate.

Students on campus
3,026
3,447 undergrad · 421 online only
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$6,477
costs less than 97% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
49%
higher than 30% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$38,801
higher than 43% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Kaskaskia College?

Openanyone with a diploma can enroll
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Kaskaskia College is likely test-optional.
What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $11,819 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $12,570
Tuition & fees (in state) $4,800Books & supplies $1,120Other costs $5,899

What families on aid pay, by income

Average net price a year after grants and scholarships
Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $5,636 a year; families over $110,000 pay about $8,121.

Who goes there

The students

Undergraduates by race and ethnicity

1,920 degree-seeking undergrads
White 83%Hispanic 3%Black 6%Asian 1%Two or more 5%

Women and men

undergraduates
Women 64%Men 36%
21 : 1students per teacher
24%get Pell grants (lower income)
18%undergrads 25 or older
36%study part time
Majors

The biggest programs, and what they pay

Associate degree programs with the most graduates, and their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year later where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities144 graduates a year
$41,3194 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing68 graduates a year
$77,9114 yrs out
Agriculture, General29 graduates a year
—not reported
Biological and Physical Sciences28 graduates a year
$53,6334 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions22 graduates a year
$61,4154 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections16 graduates a year
—not reported
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers15 graduates a year
—not reported
Engineering, General12 graduates a year
—not reported
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
49%
within 3 years · Pell students 45%
Come back for year two
64%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$38,801
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$3,750
about $40 a month over 10 years

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college
48%of borrowers had paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 55% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years of starting repayment (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income when they enrolled
Lower income (under $30k)$36,033
Middle income ($30–75k)$42,165
Higher income (over $75k)$51,152
The town around it

Living in Brookside

3% of Brookside’s 4,413 residents are enrolled in college. Here is what the town is like, from TownTapestry’s Brookside pages.

$630/momedian rent · 51% below the stateHousing in Brookside → $94,600median home value · 64% below the stateHousing in Brookside → 23° / 88°January low / July high · 7" of snowClimate in Brookside →

Other colleges within 30 miles

Greenville University 25.7 mi

Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings are for students who received federal aid.

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