Parkland College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Associate's — Public Rural-serving Large

General Characteristics

Highest offering	At least 2, but less than 4 academic yrs
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Parkland College Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Further, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Career Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged Student Services, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. For example, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, ROTC, Navy, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad and Weekend College. Parkland College is unique in its study options.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Parkland College.

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Biological/Physical Sciences

Personal and Culinary Services:

Restaurant/Catering Management

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting Technology, Administrative/Secretarial Services, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Entrepreneurial Studies, Executive Assistant, Hotel/Motel Management, Information Processing/Data Entry, Marketing Management, Sales/Selling Skills

Education:

Art Teacher Education, Music Teacher Education

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Commercial/Advertising Art, Music – General

Popular majors:

twenty-one percent biology, sixteen percent health professions, fourteen percent business per marketing, fourteen percent liberal arts, seven percent education

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Dental Hygiene, Electroencephalograph Technology, Emergency Medical Technology, Massage Therapy, Medical Assistance, Medical Transcription, Nursing (RN), Nursing – Practical, Nursing Assistance, Occupational Therapy Assistance, Radiologic Technology/Medical Imaging, Respiratory Therapy, Surgical Technology, Veterinarian Assistance

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

Computer Science:

Computer Networking/Telecommunications, Computer Programming – Specific Applications

Communications & Journalism:

Radio/Television

Security and Protective Services:

Fire Protection/Safety Technology, Police Science

Again, for international students, the application fee is 40. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of August.

Parkland College Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 52% and Open admission, but with selective admission to some programs. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer students are not ignored, yet did not report the exact number of transfer students. This school did not report their application fee.

For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of August. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. Again, Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. The regular application due date was not reported.

Parkland College Financial Aid

If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Athletics, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama and State/District Residency. Financial aid forms are FAFSA and Institution’s own financial aid form. Financial aid distribution is at fifty-six percent scholarships per grants and forty-four percent loans per jobs. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Athletics, Minority Status and State/District Residency. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

Parkland College Students

The school’s size is approximately nine thousand, five hundred and fifty-two degree-seeking undergrads and one thousand, five hundred and nineteen first-time degree-seeking freshmen. Parkland College offers Associate degrees. Again, the student body consists of ninety-nine percent in-state students, one percent out-of-state students, thirty-six percent part-time students, forty-six percent women, fifty-four percent men, three percent in top 10th of graduating class, eleven percent in top quarter of graduating class and thirty-four percent in top half of graduating class. Further, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus. The university is a Public, Community College, Two-year, Coed, where 52 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited.

This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus. Besides, the university has many unique facilites such as planetarium, nature preserve, art gallery, agricultural technology applications center, land laboratory. For all that, the school is located 150 miles from Chicago, 120 miles from Indianapolis.

Parkland College Athletics

The Cobras are a member of NJCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball