10-yr median earnings
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Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Downers Grove, Illinois
Midwestern University-Downers Grove
Midwestern University-Downers Grove is a private nonprofit institution in Downers Grove, Illinois. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
City: Small
Carnegie: Special Focus (4yr)
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Midwestern University-Downers Grove 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 ("Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers"), 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.
Avg net price
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After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
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Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Midwestern University-Downers Grove 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.
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How Midwestern University-Downers Grove ranks in Illinois
State rank among 189 reporting Illinois colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Midwestern University-Downers Grove | State rank | Percentile |
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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 |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctoral | 8 | 0 | $145,565 | $230,075 | $299,281 |
| Master's | 5 | 213 | $112,422 | $198,909 | $131,297 |
Top programs at Midwestern University-Downers Grove by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Registered Nursing, Nursin…
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$230,075 median earnings
- Registered Nursing, Nursin…
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$198,909 median earnings
- Dentistry
Dentistry
$174,977 median earnings
- Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Medicine
$151,469 median earnings
- Medicine
Medicine
$145,060 median earnings
- Optometry
Optometry
$142,092 median earnings
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical S…
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
$137,496 median earnings
- Allied Health Diagnostic, …
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
$137,137 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.
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
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| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Doctoral | - | $230,075 | - |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Master's | - | $198,909 | $177,880 |
| Dentistry | Doctoral | - | $174,977 | $459,525 |
| Veterinary Medicine | Doctoral | - | $151,469 | $344,542 |
| Medicine | Doctoral | - | $145,060 | $355,209 |
| Optometry | Doctoral | - | $142,092 | $267,742 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration | Doctoral | - | $137,496 | $249,426 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Master's | 83 | $137,137 | $153,500 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Doctoral | - | $99,770 | $263,152 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Doctoral | - | $83,584 | $155,373 |
| Biology, General | Master's | 90 | $82,915 | $66,963 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Master's | - | $75,597 | $142,585 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Master's | 40 | $67,553 | $115,559 |
Nearby Schools
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. 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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Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.