Rend Lake College

Ina, Illinois

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • Rural
  • 1,175 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Agriculture and horticulture

  • Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
  • Agricultural MechanizationCertificate · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,245
  • Agricultural MechanizationAssociate degree · 37 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,110
  • Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
  • Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 47 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 41 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692

Computers and IT

  • Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
  • Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 29 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574
  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214

Culinary arts

  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
  • Mining and Petroleum Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,056
  • Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,933
  • Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,794
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
  • Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578

Industrial and equipment maintenance

  • Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
  • Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 59 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388
  • Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 29 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,265

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 126 finishedGraduates here earned $40,716 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 49 finishedGraduates here earned $69,843 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Truck and bus driving

  • Ground TransportationCertificate · 55 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (12)
  • Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 108 finishedGraduates here earned $30,135 a year afterNationally: $33,713
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 34 finishedNationally: $54,610
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $47,691
  • Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $24,176
  • Health Aides/Attendants/OrderliesCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $26,824
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 153 finishedNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 161 finishedGraduates here earned $29,512 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • MusicAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $26,345
  • Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $29,038
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$6,620$30–48k$6,609$48–75k$8,821$75–110k$11,990Over $110k$14,002Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$7,833per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$17,652sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$4,500Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
1%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
62%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$37,1846 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$41,15410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
57%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
20%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

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Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Rend Lake College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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