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CollegeROIData

College Debt & ROI in Il

62 colleges and universities in Il with 1,055 school+major combinations analyzed.

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62
Schools
$26K
Avg Median Debt
$57K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Il

Judson University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $14K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

East-West University

private · 6 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $14K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

St. Augustine College

private · 5 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $15K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

North Central College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $19K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

National Louis University

private · 17 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $19K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $69K/yr

Hebrew Theological College

private · 7 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Northwestern University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $64K/yr

Saint Xavier University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Principia College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

University of Chicago

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Eastern Illinois University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Quincy University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Illinois Institute of Technology

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $77K/yr

University of Illinois Chicago

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $64K/yr

Illinois State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

University of Illinois Springfield

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

McKendree University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 96%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Eureka College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Trinity International University-Illinois

private · 17 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Lincoln Christian University

private · 8 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $46K/yr

Olivet Nazarene University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Bradley University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $66K/yr

Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Moody Bible Institute

private · 7 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $40K/yr

DePaul University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Wheaton College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Knox College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

North Park University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Dominican University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Benedictine University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Loyola University Chicago

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Northern Illinois University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

VanderCook College of Music

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $45K/yr

Concordia University-Chicago

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Monmouth College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Columbia College Chicago

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Illinois College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Illinois Wesleyan University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Trinity Christian College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Lewis University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Western Illinois University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Lake Forest College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Elmhurst University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Millikin University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Augustana College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Rockford University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

American Academy of Art College

private · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $44K/yr

DeVry University-Illinois

private · 14 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $73K/yr

Governors State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Greenville University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Northeastern Illinois University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

private · 3 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $44K/yr

Roosevelt University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

University of St Francis

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Methodist College

private · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Blackburn College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Aurora University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $34K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Chicago State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $34K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Chamberlain University-Illinois

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $37K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeROIData tracks 62 colleges and universities in Il, covering 1,055 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Il is $26K. First-year earnings average $57K.

Among tracked schools, Judson University has one of the lowest average debt levels in Il. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. college cost, debt, and post-graduation earnings dataset. The detail above comes directly from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. degree-granting institutions.

Every number on this page links back to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. degree-granting institutions with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.