About College of Lake County

The College of Lake County is a comprehensive two-year community college offering a wide-range of academic programs meeting the needs of individual students as well as supporting economic growth and cultural enrichment in Lake County.

About 46 percent of the college’s 16,000 credit students are enrolled in programs preparing them for transfer to a four-year college or university. To serve these students, the college offers the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate in Engineering Science and Associate in Fine Arts degrees. Programs are offered in 46 areas of study.

Another 36 percent of credit students are enrolled in programs that prepare them for immediate entry into a career upon graduation. To serve these students, the college offers the Associate in Applied Science degree and career certificates in about 40 occupational fields.

Recognizing that learning is not simply a matter of formal academic credentials, the college also offers a number of academic options that do not lead to a degree or certificate. These include adult basic education, workforce development and personal enrichment programs.

Adult Basic Education offerings, which are free to the student, include General Educational Development (GED), English as a Second Language and high school completion, programs that are covered in part by grants from the federal government.

Workforce programs include vocational skills courses in such wide-ranging areas as computer software, real estate, allied health and teacher education. Other offerings include customized contract training and scheduled seminars for employers, advice on government contracting, workshops for small business owners and consulting services for businesses of all sizes.

Personal enrichment offerings are designed to help learners of all ages experience life-long learning without the constraints of grades. Programs include the popular Discovery! program for adults aged 50 and older and the XPlore! Program for middle school students.

The college offers many non-academic cultural enrichment opportunities through programming in the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts and the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art.

Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association, CLC offers programs at its Grayslake Campus, Lakeshore Campus (Waukegan), Southlake Educational Center (Vernon Hills) and extension sites throughout Lake County.

General enrollment information is available by calling (847) C-O-L-L-E-G-E, and applications for admission may be filed online at www.clcillinois.edu. Information about training seminars and consulting services for employers is available at (847) 543-2615. Information about GED is available by calling (847) 543-9984; information about ESL is available at (847) 543-9975.

Visit College of Lake County on the web at http://www.clcillinois.edu/.