Black Hawk College

Black Hawk College serves all or part of nine counties in northwestern Illinois with more than 225,000 residents. Black Hawk College enriches the community by providing the environment and educational resources for individuals to become lifelong learners.

As one college with two campuses and several outreach sites, Black Hawk College offers both career and transfer programs. The college also offers a wide range of special-purpose and community outreach programs.

Black Hawk College offers a full array of student clubs, honour societies, athletic programs, and judging teams. Athletic teams compete in the NJCAA Arrowhead Conference.

Black Hawk College operates within Illinois Community College District #503, an area encompassing 2,200 square miles in nine counties of northwestern Illinois (Bureau, Henderson, Henry, Knox, Marshall, Mercer, Rock Island, Stark, and Whiteside). In addition to full-service campuses in Moline and near Kewanee, the college operates the Adult Learning Center in Rock Island, the Community Education Center in Kewanee, the Industrial Training Lab Extension Center in Moline, the Outreach Center in East Moline, and the Welding and Skilled Trades Center in Kewanee. The college offers various career and transfer programs and serves more people than any other institution of higher education in the Quad-Cities area.