page_title: Normal, Illinois
section_title: Colleges and universities
hierarchical_section_title: Normal, Illinois / Education / Colleges and universities
caption_attribution_description: English: watterson towers
context_page_description: Normal is a town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town's population was 52,497. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, and Illinois' seventh most populous community outside the Chicago metropolitan area. Normal's mayor is Chris Koos.
  The main campus of Illinois' oldest public university, Illinois State University, a fully accredited four-year institution, is in Normal, as is Heartland Community College, a fully accredited two-year institution. There is also a satellite campus of Lincoln College, which offers associate degrees as well as four-year programs.
  Normal is home to the nation's largest Rivian manufacturing plant where it builds an all-electric line of trucks. Over 100,000 electric vehicles will be built at the plant for Amazon.
context_section_description: Normal is also home to three centers of higher learning.
  Illinois State University, founded in 1857, was the first public university in the state, and is one of the Midwest's oldest institutions of higher education.  It is a co-educational, residential university with an emphasis on the undergraduate program, offering more than 160 fields of undergraduate study.  The Graduate School coordinates 38 masters, two specialist and seven doctoral programs.  The 350-acre (1.4 km²) campus includes over 60 major buildings with state-of-the-art technology. Watterson Towers is one of the tallest dorm buildings in the world.  From meeting facilities to cultural opportunities through the arts and excitement of numerous sporting events each year, ISU is a vital part of the Bloomington-Normal community.
  Heartland Community College has more than 4,800 students, and is the youngest community college in Illinois.  Heartland Community College offers training in more than 40 career fields in innovative and technologically progressive leaning facilities.  Classrooms and labs combine the latest advances in technology with the type of personal, hands-on instruction students need to reach their academic goals.  The HCC Campus features a library, community meeting spaces, a pond, bookstore, café and numerous locations for students to study or work on school projects.  Recently, Heartland completed a new Corporate Education Center and founded an athletic program that includes baseball, softball and men's and women's soccer teams.
  Lincoln College, Illinois, a private residential college, offers academic, vocational, and accelerated degree programs to nearly 600 students.  Accredited by the North Central Association, Lincoln offers bachelor's degrees in Business Management, Liberal Arts, Criminal Justice and Tourism, Sports and Hospitality Management, as well as associate degrees.  Courses are offered at convenient and flexible times in a small classroom environment with a student/faculty ratio of 14 to 1.  A student activity center and fully furnished apartment suite housing is available on campus.
caption: Watterson Towers, 2004
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