Chamberlain University-Illinois
For-profit College in Addison, IL. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $92,405.
Ten-year median earnings of $92,405 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Six-year completion sits at 42%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,919, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 83% puts Chamberlain University-Illinois on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. With 121 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 66% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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
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Six-year completion sits at 42%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. With 50% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The part-time picture is harder: 20% return, against 73% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 12,188 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $31,599 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $30,013 while those at $110k+ pay $40,826. About 64% get grants averaging $4,924, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 58% 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 · 33 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 | $30,013 |
| $30–48k | $30,090 |
| $48–75k | $34,050 |
| $75–110k | $32,607 |
| $110k+ | $40,826 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 7,080 of these 12,188 students, totalling $60,916,931 — an average of $8,604 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (DuPage County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)