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Richland Community College is a public institution located in Decatur, Illinois. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Richland Community College?

Contact details for Richland Community College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One College Park, Decatur, IL 62521-8513
Phone:	217-875-7200
Website:	www.richland.edu

Can I Afford Richland Community College?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time Richland Community College students paid $346 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $555 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$10,380	$16,650
Fees	$420	$420
Books and Supplies	$1,400	$1,400

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 Richland Community College, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $4,988 a year. That adds up to $19,952 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Richland Community College is 5.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Richland Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,252 undergraduate students at Richland Community College, with 533 being full-time and 1,719 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 533 full-time undergraduates at Richland Community College, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	12
Black or African American	75
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	403
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Online Learning at Richland Community College

In 2020-2021, 1,060 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 9th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Richland Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Richland Community College was 56.4%. This is the #516 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Richland Community College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.