Capital Area
Career Center
Public College in Springfield, IL. Median 10-year earnings $55,357.
Ten years after entry, the median Capital Area Career Center student earns $55,357 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.17 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 94% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 36, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 100% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Capital Area Career Center →Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. First-year retention of 90% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 18:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. At 115 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 115 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,100 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $13,100 at $30–48k against $20,495 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 85% of students get grant aid averaging $14,484, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 61% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 10 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | — |
| $30–48k | $13,100 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $20,495 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 70 of these 115 students, totalling $543,059 — an average of $7,758 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sangamon County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026