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For-profit College in Chicago, IL. Median 10-year earnings $38,284.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,284 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 $9,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Just 53% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. The undergraduate body is just 198, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 176 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,435 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $26,042 at $0–30k, $23,767 at $75–110k. Grant aid reaches 72% of students at an average of $5,705. Borrowing is widespread: 77% take federal loans.
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 · 63 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 | $26,042 |
| $30–48k | $26,192 |
| $48–75k | $29,665 |
| $75–110k | $23,767 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 135 of these 176 students, totalling $966,351 — an average of $7,158 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)