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Illinois bachelor's earnings

A salary explorer for 70 schools in Illinois (70 with published 4-year medians) and 1008 bachelor's programs. Federal outcomes are shown as-is. Schools are sorted by median earnings. There are no ranks. Grades are our own modeled ranking of schools against each other, kept to two small columns.

Schools
70
with published 4-Yr medians
Programs
1008
observed 4-Yr medians
Typical School Median
$56,558
median of school medians
High-School Benchmark
$34,885
state median, employed HS grads 25–34

Schools on the Map

Each dot is a school, colored by its median 4-year earnings. Hover a dot for its name.

<$40k$40–55k$55–70k$70–90k$90k+

no published median · Each state map is zoomed to fill its frame.

Program Earnings

Published 4-year medians across 1008 programs.

$50k$100k$150k

How to Read

Median EarningsMedian of published 4-year earnings across the school's programs.
Earnings RangeLowest to highest program median at the school.
GradesAdj. Grade adjusts for selectivity, state, and peer group; Raw Grade ranks unadjusted 4-year medians.
DistributionOverview of observed program medians — the black tick marks the school median. Schools with under 5 programs show one bar per program.
DetailsAddress, website, enrollment, admit rate, and top programs per school.

Grades: Our Value-Add

Our modeled ranking of schools against each other — kept to two small columns below.

A 3 B 23 C 4 D/F 2 38 ungraded

Medians and spreads come straight from federal data (College Scorecard / Census). Our grades are modeled estimates.

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SchoolEnrollmentMedian Earnings ↓Earnings Range# ProgramsAdj. GradeRaw GradeDistribution
Chamberlain University-Illinois 14,027 $96,132 $96,132–$96,132 1 — — $96k
Illinois Institute of Technology 2,833 $88,131 $57,960–$120,953 12 B− B $60k$80k$100k$120k
University of Chicago 7,569 $87,869 $59,794–$178,068 13 A+ A+ $75k$100k$125k$150k$175k
Oak Point University — $86,732 $85,455–$88,008 2 — — $86k$87k$88k
Rush University 138 $85,450 $85,450–$85,450 1 — — $85k
Lakeview College of Nursing 66 $83,636 $83,636–$83,636 1 — — $84k
Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences 56 $82,804 $82,804–$82,804 1 — — $83k
Northwestern University 9,201 $82,485 $49,316–$163,740 30 B+ A+ $50k$75k$100k$125k$150k
Saint Anthony College of Nursing 172 $79,997 $79,997–$79,997 1 — — $80k
St. John's College-Department of Nursing 126 $79,694 $79,694–$79,694 1 — — $80k
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences 176 $79,303 $79,303–$79,303 1 — — $79k
Methodist College 245 $75,989 $75,989–$75,989 1 — — $76k
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing 273 $73,765 $73,765–$73,765 1 — — $74k
Bradley University 3,574 $73,110 $37,657–$107,379 25 — B $40k$60k$80k$100k
DeVry University-Illinois 27,825 $71,675 $47,440–$95,622 15 A− B− $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 36,258 $67,782 $34,482–$181,981 71 B− A− $50k$100k$150k
Benedictine University 1,942 $66,960 $44,659–$97,934 19 — B $60k$80k$100k
Illinois Wesleyan University 1,582 $66,814 $31,172–$101,609 8 B B+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
Lewis University 4,015 $64,268 $45,704–$87,197 24 B+ B $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Loyola University Chicago 11,737 $62,821 $42,195–$103,884 37 B B+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
Rasmussen University-Illinois 1,145 $62,782 $46,541–$87,330 14 — B− $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Illinois State University 19,057 $62,280 $40,258–$111,099 58 B+ B+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
North Park University 1,818 $61,958 $44,098–$86,581 7 — B $50k$60k$70k$80k
University of St Francis 1,223 $61,741 $42,474–$90,495 11 B B $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
DePaul University 14,090 $61,462 $37,085–$113,645 42 B B+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
McKendree University 1,752 $61,173 $37,892–$79,916 11 — B− $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Roosevelt University 2,849 $61,130 $24,232–$75,716 18 B C+ $30k$40k$50k$60k$70k
University of Illinois Chicago 22,170 $60,613 $36,792–$120,470 48 C+ B $40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Lake Forest College 1,813 $60,336 $48,287–$98,583 10 C B+ $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
North Central College 2,428 $60,018 $45,838–$105,350 21 B B+ $60k$80k$100k
Saint Xavier University 3,096 $59,820 $44,312–$87,170 15 — B $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Quincy University 1,010 $58,745 $55,610–$78,599 5 C+ B− $55k$60k$65k$70k$75k$80k
Aurora University 3,974 $58,503 $44,786–$90,089 17 B+ B $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Augustana College 2,490 $56,926 $33,950–$91,143 20 B− B $40k$60k$80k
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 8,494 $56,680 $37,786–$108,135 59 B+ B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Olivet Nazarene University 2,603 $56,435 $42,321–$84,705 15 B− B− $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Elmhurst University 3,006 $56,346 $32,448–$101,273 20 B B $40k$60k$80k$100k
Governors State University 2,556 $55,811 $46,895–$88,391 15 — B− $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
University of Illinois Springfield 2,263 $55,780 $43,026–$102,020 15 B B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Greenville University 955 $55,263 $42,180–$59,241 3 — — $45k$50k$55k$60k
Northern Illinois University 11,301 $55,109 $36,777–$93,962 43 — B− $40k$60k$80k
Rockford University 972 $55,056 $46,642–$70,537 4 — — $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k$70k
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 8,750 $54,862 $36,717–$106,082 34 B− B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
National Louis University 4,406 $54,819 $45,388–$74,144 8 — B− $50k$60k$70k
Dominican University 2,561 $54,686 $46,040–$86,730 15 A− B− $50k$60k$70k$80k
Illinois College 930 $54,682 $45,388–$74,757 6 B− C+ $50k$60k$70k
Concordia University-Chicago 1,323 $54,533 $43,071–$73,256 9 — B− $50k$60k$70k
Lincoln Christian University — $54,482 $47,632–$61,333 2 — — $50k$55k$60k
Northeastern Illinois University 3,982 $54,301 $39,894–$88,917 23 — B− $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Trinity Christian College 820 $54,048 $47,527–$79,811 8 B B+ $50k$60k$70k$80k
The Chicago School at Chicago 21 $53,952 $53,952–$53,952 1 — — $54k
Eastern Illinois University 4,188 $53,725 $39,923–$81,362 27 B+ B− $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Western Illinois University 4,410 $53,576 $35,703–$92,824 37 — B− $40k$60k$80k
Chicago State University 1,384 $53,181 $46,898–$92,024 7 — B $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Millikin University 1,382 $52,890 $38,666–$82,200 14 B+ B− $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Eureka College 522 $52,845 $44,805–$64,726 5 — C+ $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k
VanderCook College of Music 76 $52,671 $52,671–$52,671 1 — — $53k
Knox College 1,127 $52,030 $38,967–$62,144 6 F C+ $40k$45k$50k$55k$60k
St. Augustine College 787 $52,029 $51,859–$71,987 3 — — $55k$60k$65k$70k
Monmouth College 702 $50,093 $42,058–$66,326 7 C C+ $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k
Lincoln College — $49,954 $41,751–$58,158 2 — — $45k$50k$55k
Wheaton College 2,121 $49,174 $37,501–$84,829 14 F B− $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
East-West University 468 $48,943 $48,943–$48,943 1 — — $49k
Judson University 708 $46,816 $38,639–$63,846 5 B− C+ $40k$45k$50k$55k$60k$65k
Blackburn College 471 $46,283 $46,004–$54,587 3 — — $48k$50k$52k$55k
Trinity International University-Illinois 55 $45,632 $40,674–$66,803 6 — C+ $40k$50k$60k
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2,805 $45,602 $45,602–$45,602 1 — — $46k
Columbia College Chicago 5,368 $45,161 $39,751–$66,798 18 — B− $40k$50k$60k
Moody Bible Institute 1,510 $44,522 $36,770–$67,178 7 — C+ $40k$50k$60k
American Academy of Art College — $37,052 $34,562–$39,542 2 — — $35k$36k$37k$38k$39k

"—" means the value was not published. Distribution histograms are smoothed views of observed program medians — never imputed values, and never used in grades.