10-yr median earnings
$46,909
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Glen Ellyn, Illinois
College of DuPage
College of DuPage is a public institution in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- $7,401
- Avg net price / yr
- $46,909
- 10-yr median earnings
- 24.7%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
College of DuPage posts above-median former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 35%
- former-student earnings, US
- 24.7%
- 150%-time completion
- +21%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Carnegie: Associate's
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this College of DuPage profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Nontraditional"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C
College Value Score
57/100
College of DuPage
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings C+
$46,909
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A
$7,401
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
24.7%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt B-
$10,410
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment C+
66.0%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$7,401
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
24.7%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 24.7%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - College of DuPage vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How College of DuPage ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
College of DuPage: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$46,909 Top 35% higher than 65% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | College of DuPage | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $46,909 | #1763 of 5103 | 65th |
| Average net price | $7,401 | #706 of 5020 | 86th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 24.7% | #4523 of 4858 | 7th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 16,114 | #187 of 5462 | 97th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
16,114
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
24.7%
150%-time completion
$46,909
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How College of DuPage ranks in Illinois
State rank among 189 reporting Illinois colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | College of DuPage | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $46,909 | #68 of 189 | 64th |
| Average net price | $7,401 | #32 of 179 | 82nd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 24.7% | #161 of 171 | 6th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 16,114 | #5 of 201 | 98th |
Highest former-student earnings in Illinois
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamberlain University-Illinois | $92,405 | $31,837 |
| 2 | University of Chicago | $91,885 | $14,860 |
| 3 | Northwestern University | $89,363 | $29,167 |
| 4 | St. John's College | $86,331 | - |
| 5 | Lakeview College of Nursing | $84,522 | - |
| 6 | Illinois Institute of Technology | $82,592 | $18,425 |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $81,054 | $14,355 |
| 8 | Saint Anthony College of Nursing | $77,709 | - |
| 9 | Rush University | $75,194 | - |
| 10 | Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | $72,850 | - |
| 11 | Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | $72,430 | - |
| 12 | Loyola University Chicago | $71,530 | $36,079 |
| 68 | College of DuPageThis school | $46,909 | $7,401 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at College of DuPage
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k $4,032
$0 – $30k
$4,032 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k $4,390
$30k – $48k
$4,390 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$8,431 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$15,308 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at College of DuPage - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $4,560 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $12,750 |
| Average Net Price | $7,401 |
20.1%
Pell Grant Rate
10.0%
Federal Loan Rate
$10,410
Median Debt
$110/mo
Monthly Payment
College of DuPage costs less today than it did in 2013
Average net price fell from $9,358 to $6,182 (-33.9%) between 2013 and 2023, before any inflation adjustment, which makes the real-terms fall larger still. Most colleges moved the other way: the median change across the 4,315 schools measured over the same span was +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $9,3582023 · $6,182
Over the same years, enrollment went -28.4% (21,214 → 15,185 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
54.1%
Female
42.6%
First Generation
Outcomes
$38,925
Median Earnings (6yr)
57.6%
Earning Over $25K
66.0%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 24.7% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $38,925 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $46,909 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 57.6% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 66.0% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $10,410 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $110/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate's | 15 | 1,614 | $61,590 | $89,991 | $12,039 |
| Certificate | 13 | 702 | $60,295 | $87,336 | $8,181 |
Top programs at College of DuPage by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Fire Protection
Fire Protection
$89,991 median earnings
- Computer Programming
Computer Programming
$87,336 median earnings
- Data Entry/Microcomputer A…
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications
$86,313 median earnings
- Registered Nursing, Nursin…
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$78,079 median earnings
- Engineering, General
Engineering, General
$76,160 median earnings
- Practical Nursing, Vocatio…
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
$75,450 median earnings
- Dental Support Services an…
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
$70,554 median earnings
- Human Resources Management…
Human Resources Management and Services
$70,294 median earnings
What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.
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Similar Reported Net Price
Other Public institutions with the nearest reported average net price.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for College of DuPage? ▼
College of DuPage is a public institution in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Undergraduate enrollment is 16,114 students.
How much do College of DuPage former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at College of DuPage who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $46,909 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $38,925.
How much does College of DuPage cost? ▼
The average net price at College of DuPage is $7,401. In-state tuition is $4,560 and out-of-state tuition is $12,750. Median student debt at graduation is $10,410.
What is the graduation rate at College of DuPage? ▼
College of DuPage has a 24.7% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is College of DuPage worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at College of DuPage is $10,410, while former students earn a median of $46,909 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 22% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 66.0% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $110.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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