Private for-profit · Community college
Americare Technical School
Park Ridge, Illinois · Large suburb
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Americare Technical School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Park Ridge, Illinois (large suburb setting), enrolling 25 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Park Ridge, Illinois
Park Ridge is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a northwestern suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. In 1854 George Penny established a brickworks in the area. Due to the brickwork and the abundance of clay, Park Ridge was nicknamed "Brickton" by locals. There were five African-Americans and 31 people classed other than black or white. Park Ridge's most recognizable landmark is the Pickwick Theatre, an Art Deco building dating back to 1928. It is a movie theater and a venue for plays and concerts. In 1975, the theater was named to the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 15 miles to Chicago, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 8 miles
- Nearest airport
- 4 miles to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) · major hub
How Americare Technical School compares
More selective than 10% · #8 most selective of 9 in Illinois
Lower than 12%
Larger than 5%
Percentiles compare Americare Technical School with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Illinois.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White4.0%
- Black56%
- Hispanic4.0%
- Asian36%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 25
- Student–faculty ratio
- 25 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 68%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
- 96%
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $20,500
- Room & board
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- Books & supplies
- $2,698
- Total cost of attendance
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Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- Students with federal loans
- 72%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Americare Technical School funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 19°F
- Annual rain
- 37.9″
- Annual snow
- 38.4″
Average temperature
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NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Ohare Intl AP, IL US station (4.9 mi from campus).
What Americare Technical School graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.