Public · Community college

John A Logan College

Carterville, Illinois · Remote town

14%
Transfer rate
$5,541
Avg net price
46%
Grad / completion
$34,096
Median earnings

John A Logan College is a public associate-granting institution in Carterville, Illinois (remote town setting), enrolling 2,016 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 2,016 undergradsRemote townNJCAA Division ICold winters

About Carterville, Illinois

Carterville is a city in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. Carterville was founded by George Monroe McNeill and Laban Carter. McNeill married Olive Herrin of Herrin's Prairie and in 1866 they settled on the farm now known as Carterville. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Remote town
Highest degree offered
Associate
To Great Lakes shore
284 miles
Nearest airport
4 miles to Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (MWA)

How John A Logan College compares

Graduation rate46%

Higher than 32% · #85 of 122 in Illinois

First-year retention66%

Higher than 35%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,096

Higher than 46% · #62 of 113 in Illinois

Average net price$5,541

Cheaper than 89% · #21 cheapest of 123 in Illinois

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment2,016

Larger than 82%

Percentiles compare John A Logan 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

2,016undergrads
  • Women1,18559%
  • Men83141%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White69%
  • Black13%
  • Hispanic5.0%
  • Asian0.9%
  • Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
2,016
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
32%
First-generation students
43%
Students over 25
23%
Median family income
$16,215
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$56,340
Endowment
$9,721,085

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 655 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Illinois97%
  • Other U.S. states3.1%

Most first-years stay in state — John A Logan College draws overwhelmingly from Illinois.

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
$4,630
Out-of-state tuition
$7,540
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,526
Total cost of attendance
$13,596
Average net price
$5,541

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
46%
First-year retention
66%
Transferred to another college
14%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$29,460
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$34,096
Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
0%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
39%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
46%
First-generation
17%

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
Free
Athletics
NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes
118 (62 men · 56 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 (5)

Baseball39
Basketball27
Softball20
Volleyball17
Golf15

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

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (3,224 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.

0.3reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Rape
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
$4,813
$30–48k
$4,145
$48–75k
$8,112
$75–110k
$7,810
$110k+
$10,151

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.

24%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$4,107
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 24% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $4,107. 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 471 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)
$34,096
Typical debt at graduation
Debt vs. one year's pay
Out-earn a HS grad
36%
Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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
$30,430
Men
$40,057

Men out-earn women by $9,627 (32%) 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
88°F
Winter low
23°F
Annual rain
49″
Annual snow
11.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.85.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Carbondale Sewage Plt, IL US station (4.3 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.