William Rainey Harper College is a higher education institution located in Cook County, IL. In 2016, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at William Rainey Harper College were .
In 2016, 3,456 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at William Rainey Harper College. 59.3% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 40.7% awarded men. The majority of degree recipients were white (1,951 degrees), 3.33 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (586 degrees).
The median undergraduate tuition at William Rainey Harper College is $2,862, which is $-4,458 less than the national average for Associates Colleges ($7,320).
After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $6,952.
In 2016, 27% of undergraduate students received federal grants, while 6% of undergraduate students received federal loans.
In 2016, the cost of tuition at William Rainey Harper College was $2,862. The cost of tuition at William Rainey Harper College is $-4,458 less than than the overall (public and private) national average for Associates Colleges ($7,320).
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In 2016 William Rainey Harper College had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $6,952. Between 2015 and 2016, the average net price of William Rainey Harper College grew by 9.23%.
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The average yearly cost of room and board at William Rainey Harper College was of $12,126 in 2016. During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,000. The cost of room and board increased by 0.865% between 2015 and 2016. The cost of books and supplies did not change during the same period.
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27% of undergraduate students at William Rainey Harper College received grants or loans in 2016. This represents a decline of 3.57% with respect to 2015, when 28% of undergraduate students received financial aid.
This chart compares the average award discount at William Rainey Harper College (in red) with that of other similar universities.
In 2015 the default rate for borrower's at William Rainey Harper College was 10.9%, which represents 120 out of the 1102 total borrowers.
William Rainey Harper College received N/A undergraduate applications in N/A, which represents a 0% annual growth. Out of those N/A applicants, N/A students were accepted for enrollment, representing a N/A% acceptance rate.
There were 14,142 students enrolled at William Rainey Harper College in 2016, and N/A% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.
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In N/A, the undergraduate acceptance rate of William Rainey Harper College was N/A% (N/A admissions from N/A applications). This is approximately the same as the acceptance rate of N/A, which was N/A%. Between N/A and N/A, the number of applicants stayed by N/A%, while admissions stayed by N/A%.
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N/A% of enrolled first-time students at William Rainey Harper College in N/A submitted SAT scores with their applications.
William Rainey Harper College has a total enrollment of 14,142 students. The full-time enrollment at William Rainey Harper College is 4,836 students and the part-time enrollment is 9,306. This means that 34.2% of students enrolled at William Rainey Harper College are enrolled full-time.
The enrolled student population at William Rainey Harper College, both undergraduate and graduate, is 52.4% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 4.15% Black or African American, 2.58% Two or More Races, 0.177% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders, and 0.099% American Indian or Alaska Native.
Students enrolled at William Rainey Harper College in full-time Undergraduate programs are majority White Male (29.1%), followed by White Female (25%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (12.1%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are majority N/A, followed by N/A and N/A.
The total enrollment at William Rainey Harper College, both undergraduate and graduate, is 14,142 students. The full-time enrollment at William Rainey Harper College is 4,836 and the part-time enrollment is 9,306. This means that 34.2% of students enrolled at William Rainey Harper College are enrolled full-time compared with 36.5% at similar Associates Colleges.
This chart shows the full-time vs part-time enrollment status at William Rainey Harper College (in red) compares to similar universities.
Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at William Rainey Harper College was 73%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Associates Colleges (60%), William Rainey Harper College had a retention rate higher than its peers.
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The enrolled student population at William Rainey Harper College is 52.4% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 4.15% Black or African American, 2.58% Two or More Races, 0.177% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders, and 0.099% American Indian or Alaska Native. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Associates Colleges is 46.8% White, 24.4% Hispanic or Latino, and 13% Black or African American.
Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 320 students (2.26%) did not report their race.
In 2016, 640 more women than men received degrees from William Rainey Harper College. The majority of degree recipients at William Rainey Harper College are white (1,951 degrees awarded). There were 3.33 times more white graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (586 degrees).
The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at William Rainey Harper College is N/A, followed by N/A and N/A.
The most specialized majors across all degree types at William Rainey Harper College, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Liberal Arts & Humanities (1,007 degrees awarded), Engineering Technologies (159 degrees), and Interdisciplinary Studies (166 degrees).
The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at William Rainey Harper College are Elementary & middle school teachers (151,108 people), Miscellaneous managers (107,676 people), Software developers, applications & systems software (44,908 people), Registered nurses (43,666 people), and Physicians & surgeons (42,959 people).
The most specialized majors at William Rainey Harper College are Liberal Arts & Humanities (1,007 degrees awarded), Engineering Technologies (159 degrees), Interdisciplinary Studies (166 degrees), Human Sciences (93 degrees), and Precision Production (79 degrees).
The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at William Rainey Harper College are Elementary & secondary schools (249,435 people), Hospitals (141,016 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (91,271 people), Computer Systems Design (89,218 people), and Construction (48,188 people).
IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by William Rainey Harper College.
In N/A, the most common bachelors degree concentration at William Rainey Harper College was N/A with N/A degrees awarded.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree recipients from bachelors degree programs at William Rainey Harper College according to their major.
In 2016, 1,408 degrees were awarded to men at William Rainey Harper College, which is 0.688 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (2,048).
This chart displays the gender disparity between the top 5 majors at William Rainey Harper College by degrees awarded.
In N/A, 421 degrees were awarded to men at William Rainey Harper College in Liberal Arts & Sciences, which is 0.842 times less than the 500 female recipients with that same degree.
In N/A, 532 degrees were awarded to women at William Rainey Harper College in Nursing Assistant & Patient Care Assistant, which is 5.17 times more than the 103 male recipients with that same degree.
In 2016, 11% of students graduating from William Rainey Harper College completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 26% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 29% within 200%.
The student demographic with the highest graduation rate at William Rainey Harper College is Female and Asian (42.6% graduation rate). Across all Associates Colleges, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (67.2%).
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 1.41% of graduates (6 students) did not report their race.
The most common race/ethnicity at William Rainey Harper College is white (1,951 degrees awarded). There were 3.33 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (586 degrees).
10.7% of degree recipients (370 students) did not report their race.
The most common race/ethnicity and gender grouping at William Rainey Harper College is white female (1,173 degrees awarded). There were 1.51 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (778 degrees).
William Rainey Harper College has an endowment valued at nearly $3.29M, as of the end of the 2015 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of $305k (9.29%), compared to the 1.4% average return ($43.5k on $3.12M) across all Associates Colleges.
In 2015, William Rainey Harper College had a total expenditure of $164M. Of that $164M, they spent $72.8M on salaries and $164M on benefits.
William Rainey Harper College employs 81 Associate professors, 57 Professors, and 38 Assistant professors. Most academics at William Rainey Harper College are Female Associate professors (50), Male Associate professors(31), and Male Professors (29).
The most common positions for non-instructional staff at William Rainey Harper College are: Service, with 107 employees, Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media, with 103 employees, and Computer, Engineering, and Science with 77 employees.
William Rainey Harper College has an endowment valued at about $3.29M, as of the end of the 2015 fiscal year. The endowment of William Rainey Harper College grew 6.62% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $169k higher than than the median endowment of Associates Colleges according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.
This line chart shows how the endowment at William Rainey Harper College (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.
As of 2015, William Rainey Harper College received $1.58M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $1.56M from state grants and contracts, and $0 from local grants and contracts.
The bar chart shows the share of the primary expenses at William Rainey Harper College over time, and the line chart shows the expenditure for solely salaries and benefits over time compared to the median for the Associates Colleges Carnegie Classification grouping.
This tree map shows all of the primary expenses of Research at William Rainey Harper College as a share of total expenditure.
In 2015, William Rainey Harper College paid a median of $72.8M in salaries, which represents 44.3% of their overall expenditure ($164M) and a 2.12% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 1.45% growth from 2013 and a 0.112% decline from 2012.
In 2015, William Rainey Harper College paid a total of $17M to 210 employees working as instructors, which represents 23.3% of all salaries paid.
In 2016, the most common positions for instructional staff at William Rainey Harper College were Associate professor with 81 employees; Professor with 57 employees; and Professor with 38 employees.
In 2016, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at William Rainey Harper College were Service with 107 employees; Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media with 103 employees; and Computer, Engineering, and Science with 77 employees.
In 2016, the most common demographic for instructional staff at William Rainey Harper College was Female Associate professor with 50 employees, Male Associate professor with 31 employees, and Male Professor with 29 employees.
This chart shows the gender split between each academic rank present at William Rainey Harper College.