Prairie State College Student Population and Demographics

Prairie State Student Population

Prairie State College has a total enrollment of 2,953 (all undergraduate students) for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 924 full-time and 2,029 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,228 male and 1,725 female students.

Prairie State College is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 416 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Prairie State College has a total enrollment of 2,953 with a gender distribution of 41.58% male (1,228 students) and 58.42% female (1,725 students).

Student Population By Gender
Prairie State College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,953	1,228	1,725
Full-time	924	397	527
Part-time	2,029	831	1,198

[Chart] Prairie State College 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Prairie State College has 924 full-time and 2,029 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 924 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,029 students are attending with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Prairie State College
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,953	924	2,029
Men	1,228	397	831
Women	1,725	527	1,198

[Chart] Prairie State College Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Prairie State College, 416 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 841 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 2,953 students.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Prairie State College
	Total	Undergraduate
Total	2,953	2,953
Online Exclusively	416	416
In Some Online Classes	841	841
Not In Online Classes	1,696	1,696

[Chart] Prairie State College Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Prairie State College. There are 10 American Indian/Native American, 377 White, 1,455 Black/African American, 23 Asian, 763 Hispanic, 8 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 123 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Prairie State College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,953	1,228	1,725
American Indian/Native American	10	4	6
Asian	23	13	10
Black/African American	1,455	554	901
Hispanic	763	314	449
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	3	5
White	377	187	190
Two More	127	58	69
Race Un-Known	147	65	82

[Chart] Prairie State CollegeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Student Age Distribution
Prairie State College
	Undergraduate
Total	2,953
Under 18	212
Age 18-19	727
Age 20-21	512
Age 22-24	406
Age 25-29	364
Age 30-34	213
Age 35-39	175
Age 40-49	194
Age 50-64	117
Over 64	29
Age Un-Known	4

[Chart] Prairie State College 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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