Fox College
For-profit Community College in Tinley Park, IL. Six-year graduation rate 71%. Median 10-year earnings $41,539.
Ten-year median earnings of $41,539 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 71% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $16,209 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 2.0% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
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
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 70% puts Fox College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool is small at 47, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. About 39% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
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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A 71% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention is 69% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit two-year institution, 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. At 238 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 238 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,576 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $6,702 at the $0–30k band to $19,041 at $110k+. About 71% get grants averaging $9,291, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 78% 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 · 26 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 | $6,702 |
| $30–48k | $9,033 |
| $48–75k | $11,503 |
| $75–110k | $22,971 |
| $110k+ | $19,041 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 185 of these 238 students, totalling $1,083,289 — an average of $5,856 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cook 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)