Parkland College Business Programs

Parkland College is a public institution situated in Champaign, Illinois. Champaign is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Parkland College?

Contact details for Parkland College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2400 W Bradley Ave, Champaign, IL 61821-1899
Phone:	217-351-2200
Website:	www.parkland.edu

How Do I Get Into Parkland College?

You can apply to Parkland College online at: https://webapp.parkland.edu/apply/

Parkland College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Parkland College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Parkland College, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $4,091 a year. That adds up to $16,364 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Parkland College is 16.5%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Parkland College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,758 undergraduate students at Parkland College, with 2,282 being full-time and 3,476 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,282 full-time undergraduates at Parkland College, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Parkland College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	82
Black or African American	280
Hispanic or Latino	229
White	1,397
International Students	76
Other Races/Ethnicities	218

Over 51 countries are represented at Parkland College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Online Learning at Parkland College

In 2019-2020, 3,516 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Parkland College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Parkland College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Parkland College was 13.3%. This is the #1,113 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Parkland College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Parkland College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Entrepreneurship	21	0	2	23
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	15	0	3	18
Agricultural Business	0	9	8	17
General Business Administration and Management	2	13	0	15
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary	4	9	0	13
Construction Management	0	12	0	12
Accounting	0	5	6	11
Restaurant/Food Services Management	0	2	0	2
Professional Sales	0	2	0	2
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	0	0	0	0
Agricultural Business Technology	0	0	0	0
Business & Office Technology	0	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	0	0	0	0
Resort Management	0	0	0	0
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	42	52	19	113

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.