Prairie State College Ranking Badges

Prairie State College earned 18 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 0 in the top 5%, 6 in the top 10% and 12 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #284 of 4,756 in Best for the Money, a top 10% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 18 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 0
Highest placement: #284 of 4,756, a top 10% award
Fields of study with a badge: 4
Placements this edition: 76
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking

Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.

How Many Ranking Badges Has Prairie State College Earned?

Prairie State College holds 18 ranking badges across 4 fields of study; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics or online-program rankings. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. See our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	0
Top 5%	0
Top 10%	6
Top 15%	12
Total	18

What Is Prairie State College Known For?

Prairie State College is best known for Health Professions: 4 of its 18 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Dental Support Services, Information Technology and Allied Health Professions.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Best for the Money		✓
Best for the Money (Great Lakes)		✓
Best for the Money (Illinois)	✓
Overall Diversity	✓
Overall Diversity (Great Lakes)	✓
Male / Female Diversity	✓
Age Diversity		✓
Age Diversity (Great Lakes)		✓
Age Diversity (Illinois)	✓

Computer & Information Sciences

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Best Value		✓
Information Technology
Best Value	✓

Health Professions

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Best Value	✓
Allied Health Professions
Best Value	✓
Allied Health Services
Best Value	✓
Dental Support Services
Best Value		✓

Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Best Value	✓

Liberal Arts & Humanities

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Best Value	✓
Liberal Arts General Studies
Best Value	✓

How Does Prairie State College Rank for Veterans?

Prairie State College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,604 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 33%).

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Notes and References

These rankings are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Prairie State College appears in 76 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.