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For-profit College in Crystal Lake, IL. Median 10-year earnings $29,779.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $29,779, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,917 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. 85% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 718 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 718 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,436 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $15,876 at $0–30k, $21,104 at $110k+. 61% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,410 — common but not automatic. 66% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 288 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 | $15,876 |
| $30–48k | $16,570 |
| $48–75k | $17,431 |
| $75–110k | $21,104 |
| $110k+ | $21,104 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 472 of these 718 students, totalling $3,922,447 — an average of $8,310 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (McHenry County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026