Public · Community college

Black Hawk College

Moline, Illinois · Small city

19%
Transfer rate
$6,944
Avg net price
40%
Grad / completion
$37,253
Median earnings

Black Hawk College is a public certificate-granting institution in Moline, Illinois (small city setting), enrolling 2,354 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 2,354 undergradsSmall cityNJCAA Division IICold wintersSnowy

About Moline, Illinois

Moline is a city in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. In 1837, David B. Sears and a group of associates built a 600-foot (180 m) stone-and-brush dam across Sylvan Slough, thereby connecting the southern bank of the Mississippi River to what is today called Arsenal Island. The John Deere Pavilion at John Deere Commons contains exhibits celebrating the history of the agricultural implements industry in the Midwest and showcases a variety of past and present John Deere plows, tractors, combines, and other machinery. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
70 miles to Peoria, IL
To Great Lakes shore
145 miles
Nearest airport
4 miles to Quad City (MLI)

How Black Hawk College compares

Graduation rate40%

Higher than 25% · #96 of 122 in Illinois

First-year retention71%

Higher than 47%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$37,253

Higher than 57% · #48 of 113 in Illinois

Average net price$6,944

Cheaper than 82% · #27 cheapest of 123 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$8,375

Lower than 70%

Student–faculty ratio18 : 1

Lower than 39%

Undergraduate enrollment2,354

Larger than 83%

Percentiles compare Black Hawk College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Illinois.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

2,354undergrads
  • Women1,48363%
  • Men87137%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White57%
  • Black13%
  • Hispanic17%
  • Asian2.5%
  • Other or multiracial10%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
2,354
Student–faculty ratio
18 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
27%
First-generation students
44%
Students over 25
24%
Median family income
$25,848
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$68,238
Endowment
$9,215,394

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 649 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Illinois92%
  • Other U.S. states7.4%
  • International1.1%

Most first-years stay in state — Black Hawk College draws overwhelmingly from Illinois.

1% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$4,920
Out-of-state tuition
$8,100
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,008
Total cost of attendance
$12,291
Average net price
$6,944

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
40%
First-year retention
71%
Transferred to another college
19%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$34,022
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$37,253
Median debt at graduation
$8,375
Students with federal loans
6%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
46%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
40%
Low-income (Pell)
19%
First-generation
18%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$20
Athletics
NJCAA Division II
Varsity athletes
159 (95 men · 64 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (6)

Soccer45
Baseball43
Softball26
Basketball21
Volleyball13
Golf11

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.2 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 4 campuses (4,001 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.7reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Rape
0.3
Burglary
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$4,369
$30–48k
$5,450
$48–75k
$7,220
$75–110k
$10,496
$110k+
$12,253

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

45%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$3,551
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 45% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,551. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 483 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$37,253
Typical debt at graduation
$8,375
Debt vs. one year's pay
22%
Out-earn a HS grad
41%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$34,273
Men
$42,389

Men out-earn women by $8,116 (24%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
86°F
Winter low
15°F
Annual rain
38.3″
Annual snow
36.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.55.0JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Moline Quad City Intl AP, IL US station (4 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.