The two-year public institution in Chicago Heights enrolled 3,946 students in fall 2018, all in undergraduate programs, data shows. 4.5 percent of undergraduates transferred from another college or university.
97 percent of undergraduates are residents of Illinois, and 3 percent are residents of other states. 1 percent are citizens of foreign countries.
The undergraduate student body is comprised mostly of students who identify as Black or African American (55 percent) and Hispanic or Latino (19 percent).
Prairie State College undergraduate enrollment
| Total | Portion of Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate enrollment | 3,946 | |
| Transfers | 176 | 4.5% |
| Male | ~1,539 | 39% |
| Female | ~2,407 | 61% |
| Age 24 and under | ~2,249 | 57% |
| Age 25 and over | ~1,697 | 43% |
| In-state residence | ~3,828 | 97% |
| Out of state residence | ~118 | 3% |
| Resident of foreign country | ~39 | 1% |
| Asian | ~39 | 1% |
| Black or African American | ~2,170 | 55% |
| Hispanic/Latino | ~750 | 19% |
| White | ~710 | 18% |
| Two or more races | ~79 | 2% |
| Enrolled in distance education | ~237 | 6% |
| Enrolled in some distance education | ~592 | 15% |
| Not enrolled in distance education | ~3,117 | 79% |
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