Quantcast

Chicago City Wire

Friday, May 3, 2024

Midwestern Career College enrolls 563 undergrads

Collegeclassroom02

At Midwestern Career College, 66 percent of undergraduate students are nontraditional students - age 25 or older - and 88 percent are female, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The two-year private for-profit institution in Chicago enrolled 563 students in fall 2017, all in undergraduate programs, data shows. 17.9 percent of undergraduates transferred from another college or university.

91 percent of undergraduates are residents of Illinois, and 4 percent are residents of other states.

The undergraduate student body is comprised mostly of students who identify as Black or African American (48 percent) and white (21 percent).

Midwestern Career College undergraduate enrollment
Total
Portion of Total
Undergraduate enrollment
563
Transfers
101
17.9%
Male
~68
12%
Female
~495
88%
Age 24 and under
~191
34%
Age 25 and over
~372
66%
In-state residence
~512
91%
Out of state residence
~23
4%
Asian
~28
5%
Black or African American
~270
48%
Hispanic/Latino
~113
20%
White
~118
21%
Two or more races
~6
1%
Not enrolled in distance education
563
100%

MORE NEWS