Elgin Community College
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Elgin Community College is a semifinalist for the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, joining an elite group of community colleges recognized for achieving high, improving, and equitable student outcomes. Scholarships, professional guidance, and academic support are available.
We offer 130 degree and certificate programs designed by supportive faculty that understand the skills needed for today's job market. We welcome veterans home to a great college experience.
Our comment from DrivingSchools.Directory about Elgin Community College:
Elgin Community College (ECC) is a vibrant institution dedicated to providing quality education and a supportive environment for its students. Many users have emphasized the helpful and knowledgeable instructors, creating a welcoming atmosphere conducive to learning. The college is praised for its beautiful campus and large parking facilities, making it convenient for students and visitors alike. Several reviews highlight the variety of programs offered, from dual credit opportunities to those aimed at skill development, which continue to serve students well beyond their time at ECC.
While there are positive experiences with faculty and the overall learning environment, some feedback suggests areas for improvement, particularly related to advisor guidance and inconsistencies among instructors. However, the institution is dedicated to continuously enhancing the student experience and actively welcomes feedback for growth.
Overall, ECC is regarded as a great place to begin or continue your educational journey, offering countless resources and a sense of community that many students hold dear.
Elgin Community College: Reviews
Negative experience: It is just school if you want to get a higher upper level educatuon. A few instructors are great, but some need to step up on doing their jobs
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear that you’ve had positive experiences with some of our instructors. At Elgin Community College, we strive to provide quality education and continually work on improving the student experience. Your comments are valuable to us, and we take them seriously. If you have any specific concerns or suggestions, we encourage you to reach out to our team at [email protected] so we can address them directly. Your success is important to us, and we appreciate your input.
Fantastic experience: A great community college with helpful instructors and a welcoming environment. Excellent for starting and continuing your education.
Thank you for your wonderful review! We are thrilled you are enjoying ECC's helpful instructors and welcoming environment. We are here to support you in your educational journey, whether just starting or continuing toward your goals. Thank you for choosing Elgin Community College!
Fantastic experience: Great place to learn
Fantastic experience: I've technically been associated with ECC because of my dual credit program at SEHS and the credits transferred smoothly to my 4-year college! My friends love it here and their auditorium is very nice and welcoming as well. Their parking lots are MASSIVE which is a huge plus to find parking! Great community college!
Emanuel, thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with ECC! We're thrilled to hear that your transition through our dual credit program was smooth and that your credits were successfully transferred to your four-year college. It's lovely to know that your friends are enjoying their time here and that you find our facilities, including the auditorium and parking lots, to your liking. We take great pride in our campus community, and your feedback is incredibly valuable. Looking forward to continuing to serve you and your friends in the future!
Fantastic experience: Nilah best teacher
Fantastic experience: Quiero saber cuándo empiezan las clases Enero 2024
Thank you, Estuardo, for your excellent five-star review! We're excited to inform you that the spring classes will commence on Tuesday, January 16. For further details, please visit our enrollment page at https://www.elgin.edu/admissions/enrollment/. We can't wait to welcome you to our spring classes!
Fantastic experience: Gratitude for this special school in my life and for allowing me to learn a new language! The teachers and staff are very good and friendly! A hug! God bless you all!
Thank you so much Julio for your heartwarming review! We are truly grateful for your kind words and thrilled to hear about your positive experience at ECC. It warms our hearts to know that you appreciate our dedicated teachers and friendly staff. Your hug is warmly received, and we extend one right back to you! Best of luck!
Fantastic experience: A great college, filled with helpful and kind faculty, students, and administration. I had the privilege of going there with my Grandma last weekend, and I got to see some of the classes in action. All of the programs are informative and in depth, and there are so many of them that the list was hard to read! I highly recommend that you go here for your college education.
Thank you so much, Timothy Vanier, for sharing your positive experience at our college! We truly appreciate your kind words and are delighted to hear you had a great visit with your grandma. We take pride in our dedicated faculty, supportive administration, and the wonderful community of students that make our college a special place. It's fantastic to hear that you found our programs informative and in-depth. We strive to offer various educational opportunities to meet our students' diverse interests and needs. We hope to welcome you as a student in the future, and we look forward to continuing to provide a positive and enriching college experience. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or need further information about our programs or admissions process. Thank you for recommending our college, and we wish you the best in your educational journey!
Fantastic experience: El programa inglés como segunda lengua es muy bueno
Fantastic experience: Great place for meetings.
Thank you! We are pleased to know that our meeting facilities provide a great experience.
Fantastic experience: Always is a pleasure going to nice places like the ECC a good place to study and learn.
Thank You! We are proud to have created a space that is conducive to learning and studying.
Fantastic experience: Verygood
Thank you!
Fantastic experience: The college is very nice for a community College. The direction from Google, however, took us to the wrong building for registration.
Fantastic experience: Great college! Felt positive vibes everywhere. The building is not only very spacious but also well maintained.
Fantastic experience: Excelente
Fantastic experience: Went to see the production of "Little Shop Of Horrors" at ECC today. Wonderful performances by the entire cast. A professional and highly entertaining show.
Fantastic experience: Excelente. Muy buena atención y amabilidad
Fantastic experience: Best community College on the planet.
Positive experience: Fuy muy contenta para aser mi examen para las clases de ingles. Y resulta que adonde pase ensegida me disen que no ay cupo.
Fantastic experience: Personal muy atentos y cordiales...
Fantastic experience: Got my 2 year degree here a few years ago, looking to come back for more classes. Great school to get a 2 year degree from.
Fantastic experience: Nice facility. Went to a cheer competition there. Parking is available. Gymnasium was spacious with theater type seating
Camilla thank you so much for your review! We're so glad you enjoyed your time at ECC.
Fantastic experience: Great Christmas show!
Fantastic experience: Provided a great auditorium for a town hall meeting. Easy to find. Easy drop off and parking.
Fantastic experience: Es un lugar muy bonito
Thank you so much for your review! We're so glad you love ECC.
Positive experience: A comfy pristine campus and helpful staff that is concerned with your college experience!
Hi Jerome, thank you so much for your review! We're so glad you love ECC.
Fantastic experience: Campus is always clean and the staff is very helpful. I’m very grateful to be a student at such a good school. The rate my professor reviews tend to be very accurate for the professors but I’ve had an overall excellent experience.
We're so happy you're enjoying your time at ECC. We love to hear that we're exceeding expectations and we're thrilled that you feel like a part of the ECC family.
Positive experience: Helpful and organized
Fantastic experience: Great campus! So excited to attend
Thank you, Dj! We're happy you think we're a "5 star" institution!
Fantastic experience: I didn’t know I Loved ECC, until I moved and I was out of district so I had to go to MCC. I Hate MCC everything and everyone is shut off by 4pm and there’s no almost no teachers willing to teach past 4 (There are but only some). This is impossible to manage. I’m getting a job near ECC so I can go back. I MISS YOU. Not only does ecc have a ton a teachers, but they offer a variety of times for classes especially in the afternoon. There teachers are wonderful and dedicated (not all of course but most) and there facility offers so many different activities and clubs you can go crazy in there. I won’t cheat on you MCC but I will inform you when I leave you and that it’s not working out.
Ruby we're so happy you're enjoyed your time at ECC. We love to hear that we exceeded expectations and we're thrilled that you feel like a part of the ECC family. We hope to see you around campus soon!
Fantastic experience: A totally awesome experience!!!
We're so happy you're enjoying your time at ECC. We love to hear that we're exceeding expectations and we're thrilled that you feel like a part of the ECC family.
Fantastic experience: Work by there but I haven't been there. Looks great but that's all I can say.
Thank you, Alfred! We're happy you think we're a "5 star" institution!
Fantastic experience: I completed my objective.
We're so happy you're enjoying your time at ECC. We love to hear that we're exceeding expectations and we're thrilled that you feel like a part of the ECC family.
Fantastic experience: Very good athletic facilities.
Thank you for sharing your experience about ECC, Jim. Our tuition and the quality of instruction are a great value, and we are proud to care for our campus, a true resource for the community.
Positive experience: Beautiful campus.
Vik thank you so much for your review! We hope to see you around campus soon!
Fantastic experience: We just got our Covid shots there today.
Fantastic experience: Doing Covid test in the K parking lot!!!
Fantastic experience: Always a really clean facility!
Cody thank you so much for your review! We hope to see you around campus soon!
Fantastic experience: Excelente para aprender repostería!!!
Fantastic experience: First, I have never attended Elgin Community College for classes. I take my sons there to go pokemon hunting. The college has an abundance of pokemon stops around the campus so my kids love it!!!
Fantastic experience: Great college that wants to help their students obtain a degree!
Fantastic experience: Went there for a pop up food pantry. It was well organized and everyone was nice
Positive experience: COVID obstacles removed things are flowing well. Most are upbeat and classes seem to be moving ahead. Check out Columbia College evenings classes at ECC opportunities available for inseat studies.
Fantastic experience: A great place to start your college education or learn some trades. I went through the graphic design program long ago and those skills still serve me we'll today.
Negative experience: Terrible experience. Students are not valued. Police kidnap you and take you in to a locked room with out reading you your rights and refusing to release you until you sign documents incriminating yourself. Had my own car door slammed on my leg by a pos officer too. School to prison pipeline.
Elgin Community College endeavors to provide its students a rewarding educational experience. Although we are saddened to read that you did not have a good experience, Mr. Gesundheit, ECC denies the claims related to the ECC Police Department. Our officers are committed to acting in the best interests of public safety for all of our students, employees and visitors.
Positive experience: Beautiful campus. Robot State Tournament.
Jeffrey, Thank you so much for your review. We're glad you enjoyed our campus as much as we do!
Fantastic experience: Отличный колледж! Прекрасные программы обучения и очень семейная атмосфера. Отличные учителя.
Fantastic experience: This is Zach I loved what you posted I was wondering if their are any programs coming up soon
Good morning Zach, you can certainly find our calendar of events on the ECC website, and make sure you follow us on Facebook for event updates as well!
Fantastic experience: I have been going part time for 3 years and I love this school. I went to College of Dupage for a few years before Elgin college and my experience here has been way better. The staff are all nice and helpful and you get that home feeling at this College.
Krys - We're so happy you're enjoying your time at ECC. We love to hear that we're exceeding expectations and we're thrilled that you feel like a part of the ECC family. Please let us know if we can do anything for you!
Fantastic experience: Great place for summer camps
Positive experience: A good school
Hello Agnes, thank you for taking the time to review ECC. Can you tell us more about your experience at the college? Our students’ and community members’ experiences at ECC are important to us, so we welcome any feedback on how we can improve.
Fantastic experience: Haven't used the college for school. The arts center is great with 2 theaters for shows. I have seen some of the best shows in my life in small venues like this.
Gary, thanks for taking the time to rate ECC as five stars. We’re happy to hear that you enjoyed watching performances in the Arts Center’s intimate theatres, and we hope you’ll join us again soon for another show as we ‘Do Art Differently.’
Fantastic experience: I loved it here. Only paid $2000 per semsester to be there full time. Teachers were amazing and the campus is always clean.
Thank you for sharing your experience about ECC, Nick. Our tuition and the quality of instruction are a great value, and we are proud to care for our campus, a true resource for the community.
Negative experience: Professors and library staff are great. Testing placement staff, and book store staff are awful. Today I called because I have to retake a math placement test, and asked if I could take it online instead of having to come in, since I work full-time and have a busy schedule. The lady assisting me laughed for about a good 2 minutes and replied, “you have to come in nice try though”. Not very good service for someone who was genuinely asking, could have just replied with a simple no! These department staff are so rude and seem annoyed when you ask them questions, I’ve never had a good experience with either, and dread having to deal with them.
Thank you for making the college aware of your discussion with our Testing Services staff. Please know that the response you received is not reflective of the service Elgin Community College promotes and therefore, will be addressed. Also, feel free to contact either me or Dr. Jennifer McClure about the college’s placement testing procedures. Gregory D. Robinson, Dean of Student Services and Development at [email protected] / 847-214-7274 or Dr. Jennifer McClure, Managing Director of Enrollment Services at [email protected] / 847-214-7460
Fantastic experience: I attend a program here that really helps me. It call upward bound in Building K
Positive experience: They have good certifications...
Fantastic experience: Esta muy bien el lugar.
Fantastic experience: A good college experience so far, and I know there's more to come this upcoming semester. Through Student Government, it has brought me an enriching and thrilling experience in the political and academic world.
Fantastic experience: I take courses here. I like it.
Fantastic experience: Elgin Community College is one of the best colleges I've been to. They have excellent professors, great activities and entertainment, and great food! The library is over the top amazing. There are many tables and chairs to have a place to study. The study rooms around campus are AWESOME ! There's a fresh salad bar and it's affordable! It's a beautiful campus. Dr. Sam, the president, is very friendly and involved. The teachers there want to see you succeed! I miss going there. I can't wait to go back to continue my education!!!
Negative experience: They let Homeless people in, bad area
Positive experience: Some professors are great, others are past their prime. The advisors are a joke. Coming in as a transfer student, I knew more than most. The advisors are useless and will try to convince you to take classes YOU DO NOT NEED. My advice, follow the progress bar online and finish that way. Also, if you are transferring, that university advisor should give you classes that will be worth merit at that institution. It's a decent stepping stone in higher education, but the administration sucks.
Positive experience: Nice local college
Negative experience: Garbage Collage steals your money!
Positive experience: I will start with the good. The instructors are amazing. Most of them that I have had are very intelligent and filled with the necessary knowledge to teach you. Now the bad. DO NOT LISTEN TO THE COUNSELORS!!!! Figure out what classes you need to take on your own. I spent 3.5 years there with a combination of full and part time and have no degree and no requirements for any programs that I told them I was most interested in. When I was a vulnerable 17 year old first generation college student there completely on my own they told me I needed to take reading for Nursing. For one, looking back, I placed out of reading. For two, I have yet to come across a nursing program that requires reading. It seems that they always gave me the run around and had me taking all of the classes that I did not need, and none of the classes that I did need. If you can figure out what classes you need to take on your own, then The school if great, and the education that you receive is great. If you have nobody to help you or guide you in your life and are solely dependent on the counselors advise, find an alternative.
Hello Amber, We are glad to know you are happy with the instruction you have received at ECC, however, we’re sorry to hear about your negative experiences. We will share your insights with others at the college and wish you the best in your future academic pursuits.
Fantastic experience: I love taking classes at ECC
Fantastic experience: After transferring to NIU from here at ECC, I appreciate ECC and the facilities SO MUCH MORE now!
Fantastic experience: Excelente Escuela
Positive experience: Great school lots of interesting people to meet! Great teachers and education.
Positive experience: Nice place
Fantastic experience: ECC works for me. That was the slogan when I attended. I had to suspend my pursuit of a degree, but I do intend to go back to Ecc when I start to complete my education. If you attend college, stay away from the federal loans.
Fantastic experience: I am proud to be an ECC Spartan!
Fantastic experience: Attending ECC and I really enjoy it. The bookstore is reasonably priced and the course catalog is great.
Fantastic experience: Love it
Negative experience: u suck at bball
Fantastic experience: My 2015 goal ..ESL
Fantastic experience: Good
Fantastic experience: Good
Positive experience: If ur a disabled vet, like I am at 60%, make sure u have ALL paper work on Dept of VA letterhead or ur special needs like taking tests and the like will not be taken care of. Otherwise ECC Staff is friendly and understanding to ur physical needs. Disability Services - FAIR ECC Staff - VERY GOOD (in comparison to Academic professors/instructors @Harper 3/5 had there head up there as & need their ego stroked @Harper) Overall - GOOD
Fantastic experience: An excellent community college, and more collegiate than both the Universities I have attended after it.
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