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Prairie State College
Chicago Heights, IL · Public · 2,443 students · mostly certificate degrees
17th-cheapest of 180 Illinois colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$4,738
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$13,908
Graduation rate
21%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$36,696
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$11,000
Pell grant recipients
33%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
78 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Associate's Degree30 grads/yr$87,212Dental Assisting/Assistant · Associate's Degree35 grads/yr$65,505Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma57 grads/yr$57,474Pre-Chiropractic Studies · Associate's Degree$48,709Business Administration and Management, General · Associate's Degree3 grads/yr$47,550General Studies · Associate's Degree198 grads/yr$47,062Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma132 grads/yr$42,205Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Associate's Degree0 grads/yr$39,190Psychology, General · Associate's Degree$32,438
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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