DeVry University-Illinois
For-profit College in Lisle, IL. Six-year graduation rate 21%. Median 10-year earnings $45,987.
Students who entered DeVry University-Illinois land at a median of $45,987 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 21% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates carry a median of $24,807 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 21% — below national average
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 98% of applicants are accepted. 2,833 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is high — 78% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate. 2% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 330–540 | 34 (2%) |
| SAT Math | 370–490 | |
| ACT Composite | 11–19 | 102 (5%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A six-year graduation rate of 21% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 65% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 29% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Retention drops to 37% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 25,975 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $30,889 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($30,231 versus $35,359), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 92% of students get grant aid averaging $5,549, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 82% 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 · 1,096 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 | $30,231 |
| $30–48k | $30,933 |
| $48–75k | $31,427 |
| $75–110k | $33,253 |
| $110k+ | $35,359 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 21,225 of these 25,975 students, totalling $150,645,125 — an average of $7,098 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
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)