Student Population at Prairie State

The following chart compares Prairie State's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Illinois.

Prairie State has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 4,224 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Illinois average (5,904 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Prairie State College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 1,228 male and 1,725 female students attending Prairie State. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.71 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Prairie State.

By age, there are 1,857 students whose age under twenty five and 728 students whose age is over thirty years old at Prairie State College.

Especially, 212 students are younger than eighteen and 29 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Prairie State College.

At Prairie State College, 1,257 students (42.57% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 416 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 399 students live in Illinois where Prairie State College is located in and 15 students have enrolled from other states.