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School-Vernon Hills
For-profit College in Vernon Hills, IL. Median 10-year earnings $24,407.
Ten-year median earnings of $24,407 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,583.
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
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. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. A 25:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 88 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,975 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,510 at $0–30k, $19,680 at $110k+. 61% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,415 — common but not automatic. About 51% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 55 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 | $14,510 |
| $30–48k | $14,138 |
| $48–75k | $15,946 |
| $75–110k | $17,071 |
| $110k+ | $19,680 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 45 of these 88 students, totalling $342,702 — an average of $7,616 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lake 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)