Colleges and Universities

Area colleges work closely with business and government leaders to ensure they’re offering classes and programs that deliver the experience and training local industries need.

 

Community/Technical/Vocational Colleges

School	Location	Distance from Sterling	Phone
Sauk Valley Community College	Dixon, IL	5.5 miles	815-288-5511
Black Hawk College	Moline, IL	52 miles	309-796-5000
Morrison Institute of Technology	Morrison, IL	15 miles	815-772-7218
Quad-Cities Graduate Studies Center*	Rock Island, IL	60 miles	309-794-7376
Whiteside Area Career Center**	Sterling, IL	n/a	815-626-5810

               

*Offers distance learning, some graduate programs and technical certificates
**The career/technical campus of 18 area high schools. Provides training in five cluster areas: Business and Related Technology, Consumer Services, Industrial Technology, Transportation Services, and Work Experience Coop.

Regional colleges and universities

Augustana College	Rock Island, IL	45 miles	800-798-8100
Ashford University	Clintin, IA	29 miles	866-711-1700
WIU- Quad Cities Campus	Moline, IL	52 miles	309-762-9481
Northern IL University	Dekalb, IL	56 miles	815-753-1000
Quad-Cities Graduate Studies Center*	Rock Island, IL	60 miles	309-794-7376

*Offers distance learning, some graduate programs and technical certificates