to return Lincoln College to its roots as a full bachelor's degree-granting institution, while still retaining its associate degree programs. In 2018, business programs at Lincoln College were consolidated under the new MacKinnon School of Business, named in honor of distinguished graduate and successful businessman Alexander "Sandy" MacKinnon. On March 30, 2022, Lincoln College announced that, due to significantly decreased enrollment, the college would not be able to sustain itself past the semester and that, unless a "transformational donation or partnership" arose, the college would close on May 13 of that year. The school also blamed COVID-19 and a cyberattack for the closure. It was announced that the Illinois State Board of Education would take over student transcripts and records. Academics As of 2022, the college offered more than a dozen undergraduate programs, as well as two graduate degrees. Lincoln College was accredited by the Higher Learning Commission until its closure in May 2022, when it voluntarily resigned the accreditation. In 2010, Lincoln College, Lincoln, Ill. campus, received Accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for their Bachelor of Arts degree in theater. In 2013, the campus began offering studies toward a Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Studies. Business Programs at Lincoln College were accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education. Locations Lincoln campus Students come from about 25 of the states in the United States and several countries. The list of countries include: Australia, China, England, France, Japan, Norway, and Sweden. Approximately 10 percent of students are from urban settings, 30 percent are from rural areas, and 60 percent are from the suburbs. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1, and most classes contain only 16–20 students. There is a 75 percent rate of students graduating in two years. Also, 90 percent of those graduates will transfer to a four-year institution the next semester. Normal campus Lincoln College-Normal opened in 1979 as an extension of the Lincoln campus to host the Accelerated Bridge to Education (ABE) program. The ABE program offered non-traditional students the opportunity to complete their bachelor's degree in an accelerated format one night a week with supplemental online work. The ABE program had campuses in Normal, Lincoln, Oglesby at Illinois Valley Community College, and in Peoria at Illinois Central College. More than 500 students were enrolled in the ABE program, with an average class size of 16 students and a student-faculty ratio of