SchoolEarnings (1yr)Earnings (4yr)DebtTuition
Governors State University
University Park
$43,641$45,671$31,250$11,320
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago
$40,392$52,784$14,031$12,383
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb
$38,137$48,556$23,630$12,700
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville
$38,067$50,151$22,396$12,922
Saint Xavier University
Chicago
$37,977$46,068$26,939$36,840
Illinois State University
Normal
$36,337$48,863$24,672$16,021
Lewis University
Romeoville
$35,948$26,499$37,882
University of Chicago
Chicago
$35,275$52,065$13,500$66,939
Western Illinois University
Macomb
$34,052$43,958$27,585$14,952
Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais
$33,908$26,000$37,940
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield
$33,882$40,644$22,116$12,252
North Park University
Chicago
$33,592$39,285$27,000$35,325
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest
$33,380$51,029$27,000$54,202
Augustana College
Rock Island
$32,844$51,641$27,000$49,834
Aurora University
Aurora
$32,691$55,327$24,163$28,220
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago
$31,964$54,098$25,000$51,716
McKendree University
Lebanon
$31,678$26,833$34,070
Illinois College
Jacksonville
$31,438$49,986$26,533$37,470
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston
$31,278$54,609$24,000$13,403
Knox College
Galesburg
$31,203$38,488$27,000$55,587
Elmhurst University
Elmhurst
$30,804$41,268$24,287$41,628
DePaul University
Chicago
$30,750$56,990$27,000$44,460
Benedictine University
Lisle
$29,215$58,750$25,278$34,290
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago
$28,768$52,151$18,000$14,338
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale
$28,206$49,849$27,000$13,244
Roosevelt University
Chicago
$27,462$52,173$26,000$20,280
Dominican University
River Forest
$26,015$48,438$25,117$37,844

How Illinois Compares

Programs in Illinois
27
State vs National Earnings
+2%
above national median
State vs National Debt
+5%
above national median