2200 College Drive, Mount Carmel, IL 62863
Website: Illinois Eastern Community Colleges - Wabash Valley
The mission of Illinois Eastern Community Colleges District 529 is to provide excellence in teaching, learning, public service, and economic development.
Your success as a student is our highest priority whether you are a first-time student, updating your skills, or taking classes for a special interest. IECC is proud to offer traditionally taught classes as well as online classes that will assist you in meeting the challenges of the 21st century.
As new technologies continue to be developed, IECC faculty continue to develop online classes and enhanced classroom instruction, while maintaining the individual contact with our students that is a part of our value system.
IECC offers five well-articulated transfer degrees that ease your transfer to Illinois four-year universities and colleges. In addition, our partnership with Franklin University allows students to complete a four-year baccalaureate degree online while balancing work and personal responsibilities. Finally, our career and technical programs offer training that is valued by employers throughout the region.
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges District #529 (IECC) is located in a 3,000 square-mile area of southeastern Illinois near the Illinois-Indiana border. The multi-college District includes Frontier Community College at Fairfield, Lincoln Trail College at Robinson, Olney Central College at Olney, and Wabash Valley College at Mt. Carmel.
Bordered on the east by the Wabash River, the District is located in a scenic section of the state, with wooded areas, golf courses, and recreational lakes scattered throughout the region. The District includes all or parts of 12 counties and has a total population of 111,000.
Wabash Valley College is a community college located in Mount Carmel, Illinois, USA. As of Fall, 2004, it had 1375 students. Conventional students often attend either Southern Illinois University Carbondale or University of Southern Indiana upon completion of their associate degrees. Out-of-state tuition fees are waived at USI, in exchange for similar discounts for Indiana students in Illinois Eastern Community Colleges. The school is extremely inexpensive, and still offers enticing scholarships to local students and national athletes. It offers numerous night classes and distance learning courses for non-traditional students. Occupational courses are offered in coal mining and diesel technologies as well as Commercial Driver's License training. Another major program at the school is their two year licensed practical nurse training program, which can also provide a springboard into a four-year program to become a registered nurse. English as a second language, or ESL, courses are offered in the district as well. Many foreign students seem to benefit from the safe, relaxed, small town environment of Mount Carmel.
Students in the Radio and Television Program operate a college radio station at 89.1 MHz, WVJC The Bash that reaches as far east as Perry County, Indiana and as far west as Clinton County, Illinois that plays alternative music and hard rock, manned by student DJs. The program also operates a cable TV channel serving 5 counties in southeastern Illinois. Programming on Newschannel 15 includes a bulletin board of community events, local high school and college sporting evnts, a local newscast weeknights at 6:00 p.m. The station also covers breaking news and severe weather. WVJC has RDS.
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Students of Agricultural Business Technology are prepared to support agricultural business offices and operations. The typical program includes instruction in basic agricultural business principles, office management, equipment operation, standard software, and database management. See more Agricultural Business Technology Schools
A program that focuses on the general planning, economics, and use of facilities, natural resources, equipment, labor, and capital to produce plant and animal products, and that may prepare individuals for work in farming, ranching, and agribusiness. See more General Agricultural Production Operations Schools
An undifferentiated program that includes instruction in the general arts, general science, or unstructured studies. See more General Studies Schools or Online General Studies School Degree Programs
A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular programs. See more Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies Schools or Online Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies School Degree Programs
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science programs are two year programs for individuals seeking a career as administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. These programs include instruction in business communications, principles of business law, word processing and data entry, office machines operation and maintenance, office procedures, public relations, secretarial accounting, filing systems and records management, and report preparation. See more Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Schools or Online Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to perform operations associated with retail sales in a variety of settings. Includes instruction in over-the-counter and other direct sales operations in business settings, basic bookkeeping principles, customer service, team/staff leadership and supervision, floor management, and applicable technical skills. See more Retailing and Retail Operations Schools or Online Retailing and Retail Operations School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to the production of radio and television programs, and related operations, under the supervision of broadcast and studio managers, directors, editors, and producers. Includes instruction in sound, lighting, and camera operation and maintenance; power and feed control; studio operations; production preparation; broadcast engineering; related computer applications; and specialized applications such as news, entertainment, live talk, sports, commercials, and taping. See more Radio & Television Technician Schools or Online Radio & Television Technician School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to assist a teacher in regular classroom settings or in providing instruction and supervision to special student populations, such as bilingual/bicultural students, special education students, adult learners, and students learning English. Includes instruction in techniques of general classroom supervision, maintaining order, assisting with lessons and carrying out related assignments. See more Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools or Online Teacher Assistant/Aide School Degree Programs
Individuals in this program are prepared for the demands and challenges of providing home, family, residential, or institutional-based child care services. Student preparation includes instruction in child growth and development; nutrition; recreation; planning and supervision of play and learning activities; child abuse and neglect prevention; parent-child relationships; and applicable legal and administrative requirements. See more Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools or Online Child Care Provider/Assistant School Degree Programs
This general program is either a synthesis of the biological and physical sciences, or a specialization which draws from the biological and physical sciences. See more Biological and Physical Sciences Schools
A program that prepares individuals to record and transcribe examinations, testimony, judicial orders and instructions, legal opinions, and other formal proceedings via print or electronic methods. Includes instruction in legal terminology, legal transcription, shorthand, verbatim recording, equipment operation and procedures, applicable regulations, and professional standards and ethics. See more Court Reporting Schools or Online Court Reporting School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to specialize in the provision of correction services to underage minor populations. Includes instruction in corrections, juvenile delinquency, juvenile development and psychology, juvenile law, and justice administration, social services, record-keeping procedures, and communication skills. See more Juvenile Corrections Schools or Online Juvenile Corrections School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, service, and maintain diesel engines in vehicles such as automobiles, buses, ships, trucks, railroad locomotives, and construction equipment; as well as stationary diesel engines in electrical generators and related equipment. See more Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician Schools or Online Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to fabricate and modify metal parts in support of other manufacturing, repair or design activities, or as an independent business. See more Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Schools
A program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, and that focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes instruction in social welfare policy; case work planning; social counseling and intervention strategies; administrative procedures and regulations; and specific applications in areas such as child welfare and family services, probation, employment services, and disability counseling. See more General Social Work Schools or Online General Social Work School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of electrical, electronics and communication engineers. Includes instruction in electrical circuitry, prototype development and testing; systems analysis and testing, systems maintenance, instrument calibration, and report preparation. See more Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician Schools or Online Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of industrial engineers and managers. Includes instruction in optimization theory, human factors, organizational behavior, industrial processes, industrial planning procedures, computer applications, and report and presentation preparation. See more Industrial Technology/Technician. Schools
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to the identification and resolution of production problems in the manufacture of products. Includes instruction in machine operations, production line operations, engineering analysis, systems analysis, instrumentation, physical controls, automation, computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), manufacturing planning, quality control, and informational infrastructure. See more Manufacturing Technology/Technician Schools or Online Manufacturing Technology/Technician School Degree Programs
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Students of Agricultural Business Technology are prepared to support agricultural business offices and operations. The typical program includes instruction in basic agricultural business principles, office management, equipment operation, standard software, and database management. See more Agricultural Business Technology Schools
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science programs are two year programs for individuals seeking a career as administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. These programs include instruction in business communications, principles of business law, word processing and data entry, office machines operation and maintenance, office procedures, public relations, secretarial accounting, filing systems and records management, and report preparation. See more Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Schools or Online Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to possess the skills associated with direct promotion of products and services to potential customers and to function as independent sales representatives and managers. Includes instruction in consumer psychology, image projection, public speaking and interpersonal communications, sales organization and operations, customer relations, professional standards and ethics, and applicable technical skills. See more Selling Skills and Sales Operations Schools or Online Selling Skills and Sales Operations School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to apply HTML, XML, Javascript, graphics applications, and other authoring tools to the design, editing, and publishing (launching) of documents, images, graphics, sound, and multimedia products on the World Wide Web. Includes instruction in Internet theory; web page standards and policies; elements of web page design; user interfaces; vector tools; special effects; interactive and multimedia components; search engines; navigation; morphing; e-commerce tools; and emerging web technologies. See more Web Design Schools or Online Web Design School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to assist licensed EMTs, under the supervision of a physician, to prepare and transport ill or injured patients, and to operate emergency vehicles and equipment such as life support units. Includes instruction in first aid and emergency medicine field techniques; patient stabilization and care; medical field communications; equipment operation and maintenance; emergency vehicle operation; and applicable standards and regulations. See more Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) Schools
A program that prepares individuals to perform routine nursing-related services to patients in hospitals or long-term care facilities, under the training and supervision of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse. See more Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant Schools or Online Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant School Degree Programs
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to fabricate and modify metal parts in support of other manufacturing, repair or design activities, or as an independent business. See more Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Schools
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of industrial engineers and managers. Includes instruction in optimization theory, human factors, organizational behavior, industrial processes, industrial planning procedures, computer applications, and report and presentation preparation. See more Industrial Technology/Technician. Schools
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to drive trucks and buses, delivery vehicles, for-hire vehicles and other commercial vehicles. Includes instruction in operating gas, diesel, or electrically-powered vehicles; loading and unloading cargo or passengers; reporting delays or accidents on the road; verifying load against shipping papers; arranging transportation for personnel; and keeping records of receipts and fares. See more Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operation Schools or Online Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operation School Degree Programs
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | In-District | In-State | Out-of-State |
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 1,940 | $ 6,117 | $ 7,615 |
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 1,824 | $ 6,001 | $ 7,499 |
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 116 | $ 116 | $ 116 |
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,565 | 51% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 838 | 20% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 749 | 55% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 2,141 | 3% | |
Any Aid: |
77% |