About Parkland College

Parkland College is a public community researcher in Champaign, Illinois. It is allowance of the Illinois Community College System serving Community College District 505 which includes parts of Coles, Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Livingston, Moultrie, McLean, Piatt, and Vermilion Counties. Parkland College enrolls approximately 18,000 students annually.

William M. Staerkel Planetarium is located at Parkland College.

Champaign (English: /ˌʃæmˈpeɪn/) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates the city was house to 88,909 people as of July 1, 2019. Champaign is the ninth-most populous city in Illinois, and the state’s fourth-most populous city outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is included in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area.

Champaign is notable for sharing the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign later its sister city of Urbana. Champaign is also house to Parkland College which serves approximately 18,000 students during the academic year. Due to the university circles and a number of capably known technology startup companies, it is often referred to as the hub, or a significant landmark, of the Silicon Prairie. Champaign houses offices for the Fortune 500 companies Abbott, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Caterpillar, John Deere, Dow Chemical Company, IBM, and State Farm.