Rend Lake College Overview

Located in Ina, Illinois, Rend Lake College is a public institution. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

What Is Rend Lake College Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Rend Lake College.
• In <nil>, 68% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Rend Lake College?

Contact details for Rend Lake College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	468 N Ken Gray Pkwy, Ina, IL 62846
Phone:	618-437-5321
Website:	www.rlc.edu

How Do I Get Into Rend Lake College?

You can apply to Rend Lake College online at: https://sserve.rlc.edu/Admissions/Applications

Rend Lake College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Rend Lake College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Rend Lake College, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $7,036 a year. That adds up to $28,144 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Rend Lake College is 8.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Rend Lake College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,002 undergraduate students at Rend Lake College, with 951 being full-time and 1,051 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 951 full-time undergraduates at Rend Lake College, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Rend Lake College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	46
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	872
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Over 6 countries are represented at Rend Lake College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Australia, Ecuador, and France.

Online Learning at Rend Lake College

In 2020-2021, 958 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Rend Lake College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Rend Lake College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Rend Lake College was 109.2%. This is the #399 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Rend Lake College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.