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Prairie State College
202 South Halsted Street
Chicago Heights, Illinois 60411-8226
(Student count includes part-time and full-time; not all students live in the city or town. Data as of 2007.)
| City/Town | Colleges | Pop. (2000) | Students | Dorms |
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| Blue Island Colleges | 2 | 23,463 | 270 | |
| Harvey Colleges | 1 | 30,000 | 6 | |
| Oak Forest Colleges | 1 | 28,051 | 190 | |
| Palos Heights Colleges | 1 | 11,260 | 1,367 | 650 |
| South Holland Colleges | 1 | 22,147 | 6,260 | |
| University Park Colleges | 1 | 6,662 | 5,692 |
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