Prairie State College
Chicago Heights, Illinois
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Suburb
- 2,443 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ScienceAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 34 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 62 finishedGraduates here earned $44,599 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,933
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
HVAC and refrigeration
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,265
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 39 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 40 finishedGraduates here earned $53,930 a year after finishingNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 136 finishedGraduates here earned $22,771 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 33 finishedGraduates here earned $80,921 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (32)
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $29,515
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degreeNationally: $33,380
- Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degreeNationally: $45,385
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedGraduates here earned $45,804 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $54,610
- ChemistryAssociate degreeNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degreeNationally: $33,346
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,889
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degreeNationally: $47,691
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degreeNationally: $38,650
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degreeNationally: $36,179
- HistoryAssociate degreeNationally: $31,926
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 173 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 204 finishedGraduates here earned $45,441 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degreeNationally: $36,826
- Non-Professional Legal StudiesAssociate degreeNationally: $34,993
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degreeNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degreeNationally: $30,994
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationAssociate degreeNationally: $36,320
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degreeNationally: $27,637
- Social WorkAssociate degreeNationally: $34,827
- SociologyAssociate degreeNationally: $33,731
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $32,424
- TaxationCertificate · 0 finished
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degreeNationally: $22,303
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $4,220per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $14,149sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,176Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 8%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 27%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $36,5916 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $41,54210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 22%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 43%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Prairie State College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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