Headcounts and Directory Information
Prairie State College (Prairie State) is a public, 2-4 years institute located in Chicago Heights, IL. It has a total enrollment of 2,953 and students to faculty ratio is 12 to 1. It is a Associate's - Public Urban-serving Single Campus by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Associate's degree.
A total of 223 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at Prairie State. The average faculty salary is $92,416 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 601 employees work at Prairie State. The average non-instructional staff salary is $68,261. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | 202 South Halsted Street, Chicago Heights, IL |
| Phone Number | 708-709-3500 |
| Web | prairiestate.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 12 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 80 Full-time / 143 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 238 Full-time / 363 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $92,416 |
| Staff Average Salary | $68,261 |
| Student Population | 2,953 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Prairie State College, there are 601 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 238 full-time and 363 part-time staffs work at Prairie State. By gender there are 235 male and 366 female employees.
Among them, 223 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 80 full-time and 143 part-time faculty. By gender there are 89 male and 134 female faculty teaching at Prairie State.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 601 | 235 | 366 | 238 | 80 | 158 | 363 | 155 | 208 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 223 | 89 | 134 | 80 | 29 | 51 | 143 | 60 | 83 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 75 | 21 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 60 | 17 | 43 |
| Management | 29 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 7 | 22 | - | - | - |
| Business and Financial Operations | 10 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 41 | 15 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Service | 27 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 173 | 61 | 112 | 41 | 4 | 37 | 132 | 57 | 75 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 13 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |