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William Rainey Harper College enrolls 13,530 undergrads

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At William Rainey Harper College, 67 percent of undergraduate students are traditional students - age 24 or younger - and 55 percent are female, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The two-year public institution in Palatine enrolled 13,530 students in fall 2018, all in undergraduate programs, data shows. 5.3 percent of undergraduates transferred from another college or university.

100 percent of undergraduates are residents of Illinois.

The undergraduate student body is comprised mostly of students who identify as white (50 percent) and Hispanic or Latino (28 percent).

William Rainey Harper College undergraduate enrollment
TotalPortion of Total
Undergraduate enrollment13,530
Transfers7205.3%
Male~6,08945%
Female~7,44255%
Age 24 and under~9,06567%
Age 25 and over~4,46533%
In-state residence13,530100%
Asian~1,75913%
Black or African American~5414%
Hispanic/Latino~3,78828%
White6,76550%
Two or more races~2712%
Enrolled in distance education~8126%
Enrolled in some distance education~1,75913%
Not enrolled in distance education10,82480%

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