Institutional Profiles

Data sources: IPEDS Surveys (Graduation Rates, Fall Enrollment, 12-month Enrollment, Completions), Illinois Community College Board and Federal Student Aid, an Office of the U.S. Department of Education

The Enrollments section provides information on fall enrollments by fall year and degree level.

You can customize the information displayed by choosing the Fall Year from the displayed options and the Certificate/Degree Level from the dropdown box.

Data sources: IBHE Fall Enrollment Survey Part II, IHEIS, Illinois Community College Board

Note: Starting in fall of 2017, IBHE’s component of the Illinois Longitudinal Data System (IHEIS) was used for most schools.

The Degrees/Certificates section provides information on certificates and degrees awarded by academic year and degree level.

You can customize the information displayed by choosing the Academic Year from the displayed options and the Certificate/Degree Level from the dropdown box.

Data sources: IPEDS Completions survey, Illinois Community College Board

The Academic Degree Programs section is available for Public Universities, Independent Not-For-Profit, Independent For-Profit, and Out-of-State Institutions. It provides information on all academic degree programs by listing all fields of study approved by the IBHE.

Select the field of study link for a more detailed listing of degree levels, 6-digit CIP codes and IBHE degree program names.

To see enrollments and completions details for a specific program for the past five years, select the program name link in the detailed listing.

Accreditation is the recognition that an institution maintains standards requisite for its graduates to gain admission to other reputable institutions of higher learning or to achieve credentials for professional practice. The goal of accreditation is to ensure that education provided by institutions of higher education meets acceptable levels of quality.

Accrediting agencies are organizations (or bodies) that establish operating standards for educational or professional institutions and programs, determine the extent to which the standards are met, and publicly announce their findings.

There are two basic types of educational accreditation, one identified as “institutional” and one referred to as “specialized” or “programmatic.” Institutional accreditation normally applies to an entire institution, indicating that each of an institution’s parts is contributing to the achievement of the institution’s objectives, although not necessarily all at the same level of quality.

Specialized accreditation normally applies to the evaluation of programs , departments, or schools which usually are parts of a total collegiate or other postsecondary institution. The unit accredited may be as large as a college or school within a university or as small as a curriculum within a discipline.

Most of the specialized accrediting agencies review units within a postsecondary institution which is accredited by one of the regional accrediting commissions. However, certain of the specialized accrediting agencies accredit professional schools and other specialized or vocational or other postsecondary institutions which are free-standing in their operations. Thus, a "specialized" or "programmatic" accrediting agency may also function in the capacity of an "institutional" accrediting agency. In addition, a number of specialized accrediting agencies accredit educational programs within non-educational settings, such as hospitals.

Source: U.S. Department of Education