About
Kishwaukee College is a public community college in Malta, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Community College System and serves District 523, which encompasses most of DeKalb County, and parts of Lee, Ogle and La Salle counties.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 14.2-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 47 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 42 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing5 · 10.6%
- No Data42 · 89.4%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 6
- Sep 2025Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Apr 2023Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Feb 2022Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Sep 2021Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Jul 2019Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,165 students received $5.4M in Pell grants, alongside $1.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 368 borrowers who entered repayment, 26 (7.0%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Kishwaukee College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Kishwaukee College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Kishwaukee College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectKishwaukee College | 45% | — | 2,969 | $4,574 | Community College |
| — | — | 3,890 | $7,773 | Community College | |
| — | — | 3,260 | $8,296 | Community College | |
| — | — | 3,337 | $2,725 | Community College | |
| — | — | 3,403 | $9,593 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,825 | $5,571 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,558 | $995 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,371 | $13,128 | Community College | |
| — | — | 4,240 | $8,334 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,925 | $9,272 | Community College | |
| — | — | 5,085 | $6,835 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,971 | $13,419 | Community College | |
| — | — | 5,242 | $11,553 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,062 | $2,792 | Community College | |
| — | — | 3,692 | $8,370 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,978 | $3,715 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,210 | $4,586 | Community College | |
| — | — | 3,617 | $4,005 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,662 | $10,010 | Community College | |
| — | — | 3,208 | $2,756 | Community College | |
| — | — | 3,138 | $5,625 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,691 | $5,216 | Community College | |
| — | — | 5,369 | $9,228 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,384 | $5,071 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,597 | $10,756 | Community College | |
| — | — | 4,009 | $11,042 | Community College | |
| — | — | 5,825 | $3,537 | Community College | |
| — | — | 3,371 | $3,731 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,364 | $6,005 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,157 | $5,207 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,593 | -$264 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 45% | — | 2,969 | $5,625 |
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Kishwaukee College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Institutional Research Office is responsible for the collection of data from internal and external sources and provides timely analysis, distribution, and presentation of information for assessment, planning, decision-making, and policy formulation.
Visit IR office page- Matthew CrullDirector of Institutional Research
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (2)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Notable alumni of Kishwaukee College (2)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Lou Collier
- Monta McGhee
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