Does it field a women’s basketball team?
Yes. Prairie State College reported 8 women’s basketball participants in the Equity in Athletics return it filed for 2025-26. That is the institution’s own count of the squad, not a roster page Athlavia has read, and it is the figure the United States Department of Education publishes.
It competes in NJCAA (junior college), and no conference affiliation is recorded here. It is one of 41 NJCAA women's basketball programmes in Illinois, out of 89 programmes there in total.
Can it award a basketball scholarship?
NJCAA Divisions I and II permit athletically-related student aid; Division III does not. The federal return records the association but not the division, so this page does not state which applies here.
Prairie State College reported athletically-related student aid awarded to women in its most recent federal return. The amount is the total across every women’s sport at the institution — basketball, and also volleyball, soccer, track, swimming and the rest. It is not a basketball budget, and it is not what one player receives.
Read alone it is routinely mistaken for a per-player offer. Inside Athlavia it sits next to the squad size, the division's own limits and the published cost, which is the only way it means anything.
It is one of 64 institutions in Illinois whose return reports athletic aid awarded to women, out of 89 that field women’s basketball at all.
What it costs and what it is like
No cost snapshot is held for Prairie State College. Athlavia will not print an estimate in its place — tuition varies by residency, by course and by year, and a made-up number is worse than an empty one. The institution’s own admissions pages carry the published figures.
- Type
- Public
- Enrolment
- 882
- Selectivity
- Not recorded
- City
- Chicago Heights
- State or region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States
- Campus setting
- suburban
- Climate
- Not recorded
- International share
- 2%
Degrees recorded here
Only the courses Athlavia has read and tagged. It is not the institution’s full prospectus.
- Accounting and Related Services.
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians.
- Biological and Physical Sciences.
- Biology, General.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.
- Chemistry.
- Computer Science.
- Computer Systems Analysis.
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.
- Design and Applied Arts.
- Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians.
- Engineering, General.
- English Language and Literature, General.
- Fine and Studio Arts.
- Fire Protection.
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.
- Graphic Communications.
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians.
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Mathematics.
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.
- Music.
- Non-Professional Legal Studies.
- Political Science and Government.
- Precision Metal Working.
- Psychology, General.
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.
- Social Work.
- Sociology.
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.
- Teaching Assistants/Aides.
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians.
How it compares
Across the 346 NJCAA women’s basketball programmes in this database, the average listed squad is 13 players. Prairie State College lists 8, 5 players below that average. Among the 41 NJCAA programmes in Illinois, it has the 40th largest listed squad.
Squad size is a fact about the return, not a judgement about the programme. A large squad can mean depth or it can mean a long bench; a small one can mean minutes are available or that the roster is already settled. It is a question to ask a coach, not an answer.
Where these figures came from
| Field | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squad size | 82025-26 | ope.ed.govEADA 2025-26 schools.xlsx, PARTIC_WOMEN for Basketball | 12 Aug 2026 | 96% |
| recruitingBand | 1-212025-26 | ope.ed.govInferred from EADA operating expense per women's basketball participant ($1,660/player), ranked on a log scale against all 1857 programmes (percentile 11). Division is not used as an input. | 12 Aug 2026 | 55% |
| Degrees | 44 undergraduate degrees listed, including Radio, Television, and Digital Communication., Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication., Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians. | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.programs.cip_4_digit, undergraduate credentials only | 12 Aug 2026 | 90% |
| institutionProfile | held — free account | api.data.govCollege Scorecard v1 /schools, fields school.locale, location.lat, location.lon, latest.student.demographics.race_ethnicity.non_resident_alien, school.school_url read verbatim | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
Every stored fact carries the source it came from, the date it was read and how it was extracted. Figures shown on this page without a row above are recorded with the source on the record itself — the athletic aid figure, for instance, carries the Department of Education’s athletics site as its source. Check it at the source.