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Frontier Community College is a public institution situated in Fairfield, Illinois. The surrounding location of Fairfield is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

266 Full-Time Undergraduates
$9,180 Avg In-State Tuition

Where Is Frontier Community College?

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Contact details for Frontier Community College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2 Frontier Drive, Fairfield, IL 62837
Phone: 618-393-2982
Website: www.iecc.edu

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Can I Afford Frontier Community College?

$9,180 In-State Tuition
8% Take Out Loans
In a recent term, part-time Frontier Community College students paid $306 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $375 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $9,180 $11,250
Fees $1,090 $1,090
Books and Supplies $1,460 $1,460

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Frontier Community College, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $5,436 a year. That adds up to $21,744 over four years for those students.

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Frontier Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

266 Full-Time Undergraduates
53% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,262 undergraduate students at Frontier Community College, with 266 being full-time and 996 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 266 full-time undergraduates at Frontier Community College, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Frontier Community College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 30
White 219
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

Online Learning at Frontier Community College

169 Took All Classes Online
266 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 266 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Frontier Community College has changed over the last few years.

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Frontier Community College Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 31 0 0 31
General Electrical & Power Transmission Installation/Installer 0 0 14 14
Truck & Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator & Instructor 8 0 0 8
Laboratory Technician 0 7 0 7
Mining Technology/Technician 2 4 0 6
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist 6 0 0 6
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) 4 0 1 5
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician 1 3 0 4
Medical/Clinical Assistant 0 3 0 3
Medical Reception/Receptionist 0 0 1 1
General Construction Trades 0 0 0 0
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician 0 0 0 0
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder 0 0 0 0
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 0 0 0 0
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 0 0 0 0
Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 52 17 16 85

Frontier Community College Trades

In a recent academic period, Frontier Community College awarded 202 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major Basic Certificates Undergrad Certificates Associate’s Bachelor’s
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 4 1 3 0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 6 0 7 0
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 0 14 0 0
Ground Transportation 8 0 0 0
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 1 0 0
Mining & Petroleum Technology 2 0 4 0
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 31 0 0 0
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 1 0 3 0
Total 115 46 41 0

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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