コミュニティ・カレッジとは2年制大学(専門学校を含む)で、その殆どは公立、あるいは州の援助を受け、その地域の住民、税金を払って住んでいる人たちへの高等教育及び生涯教育の場として設けられている大学です。
修業年限2年で学位および学術称号が授与されます。さまざまなカレッジがあるなかでその特徴や教育環境および教育プログラム、学位や称号もすべて異なります。主に専門教育や職業訓練のコース(ビジネス、コンピュータ、芸術、福祉)など幅広い分野の専門技術を学ぶことができます。また、大学進学準備コースもあり、教養科目や専門基礎などのカレッジスキルを学ぶことができます。卒業後、4年制大学専門課程へ編入するため、1〜2年次に相当する教養科目を履修するアカデミックコースと予備コース(プレパレーションプログラム)があるのが特徴です。
学費の安いコミュニティカレッジで教養科目を取得してから4年制大学への編入を目指す学生も多く、米国の大学生の40%以上が、この2年制の大学に通っています。
■イリノイ州のコミュニティーカレッジ
リスト
学校名 |
住所 |
WEB |
MAP |
City Colleges
of Chicago |
226 W. Jackson
Cicero, IL |
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Black Hawk College |
6600 34th Ave
Moline, IL |
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College of DuPage |
425 Fawell Blvd.,
Glen Ellyn IL |
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Danville Area
Community College |
2000 East Main Street,
Danville, IL |
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East St. Louis
Community College Center |
601 James R. Thompson Blvd.
East St. Louis, IL |
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Elgin Community
College |
1700 Spartan Drive,
Elgin, IL, |
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Harper
College |
1200 West Algonquin Road,
Palatine, IL |
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Heartland Community
College |
1500 West Raab Road,
Normal, IL |
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Highland Community
College |
2998 W. Pearl City Road,
Freeport, IL |
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Illinois Central
College |
1 College Drive,
East Peoria, IL |
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Illinois Eastern
Community Colleges |
233 East Chestnut
Olney, IL |
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Illinois Valley
Community College |
815 North Orlando Smith Road,
Oglesby, IL |
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Joliet Junior
College |
1215 Houbolt Road,
Joliet, IL |
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Kankakee Community
College |
100 College Drive,
Kankakee, IL |
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Kaskaskia College |
27210 College Road,
Centralia, IL |
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Kishwaukee College
|
21193 Malta Road,
Malta, IL |
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College of Lake
County |
19351 West Washington Street,
Grayslake, IL |
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Lake
Land College |
5001 Lake Land Blvd.
Mattoon, IL |
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Lewis and Clark
Community College |
5800 Godfrey Road,
Godfrey, IL |
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Lincoln Land
Community College |
5250 Shepherd Road,
Springfield, IL |
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John A. Logan
College |
700 Logan College Road,
Carterville, IL |
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McHenry County
College |
8900 US Hwy 14,
Crystal Lake, IL |
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Moraine Valley
Community College |
9000 W. College Pkwy.
Palos Hills, IL |
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Morton College |
3801 S Central Ave,
Cicero, IL |
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Oakton Community
College |
1600 E Golf Road,
Des Plaines, IL |
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Parkland College |
2400 West Bradley Ave,
Champaign, IL |
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Prairie State
College |
202 South Halsted Street,
Chicago Heights, IL |
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Rend Lake College |
468 N. Ken Gray Parkway,
Ina, IL |
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Richland Community
College |
One Callege Park,
Decatur, IL |
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Rock Valley
College |
3301 North Mulford Road,
Rockford, IL |
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Carl Sandburg
College |
2400 Tom L. Wilson Blvd,
Galesburg, IL |
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Sauk Valley
Community College |
173 IL Rt. 2
Dixon, IL |
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Shawnee Community
College |
8364 College Road,
Ullin, IL |
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South Suburban
College |
15800 South State Street,
South Holland, IL |
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Southeastern
Illinois College |
3575 College Road,
Harrisburg, IL |
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Southwestern
Illinois College |
2500 Carlyle Ave.
Belleville, IL |
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Spoon River
College |
23235 N. Co 22
Canton, IL |
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Triton College |
2000 Fifth Ave,
River Grove, IL |
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Waubonsee Community
College |
Rte 47 at Waubonsee Drive,
Sugar Grove, IL |
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John Wood Community
College |
1301 South 48th Street,
Quincy, IL |
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