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

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