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Chamberlain University-Illinois

Addison, Illinois · Large suburb

#1 for grad earnings in Illinois
82.6%
Admit rate
$31,837
Avg net price
42%
Graduation rate
$92,405
Median earnings

Chamberlain University-Illinois is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Addison, Illinois (large suburb setting), enrolling 14,027 undergraduates.

Private for-profitMidsize · 14,027 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 83% admitCold wintersSnowy

About Addison, Illinois

Addison is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The community itself was originally named Dunkley's Grove after the settler Hezekiah Dunklee, and was renamed after a town in England or Addison, New York. Recognized with Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services in 2024 by the American Library Association. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
22 miles to Chicago, IL
To Great Lakes shore
19 miles
Nearest airport
7 miles to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) · major hub

How Chamberlain University-Illinois compares

Selectivity82.6%

More selective than 40% · #36 most selective of 58 in Illinois

Graduation rate42%

Higher than 25% · #47 of 58 in Illinois

First-year retention73%

Higher than 39%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$92,405

Higher than 96% · #1 of 66 in Illinois

Average net price$31,837

Cheaper than 12% · #54 cheapest of 57 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$20,919

Lower than 69%

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 5%

Undergraduate enrollment14,027

Larger than 92%

Percentiles compare Chamberlain University-Illinois with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Illinois.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

32,930students
  • Undergraduate14,02743%
  • Graduate18,90357%

Undergraduates by gender

14,027undergrads
  • Women12,58290%
  • Men1,44510%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White41%
  • Black27%
  • Hispanic16%
  • Asian7.4%
  • Other or multiracial7.7%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
14,027
Graduate enrollment
18,903
Student–faculty ratio
23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
33%
First-generation students
47%
Students over 25
85%
Median family income
$46,046
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$71,208

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 48 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Illinois48%
  • Other U.S. states52%

A regional draw: about 48% of first-years come from Illinois, the rest from elsewhere.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate
82.6%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$21,536
Room & board
Books & supplies
$400
Total cost of attendance
$40,826
Average net price
$31,837

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 (within 6 years)
42%
Graduated on time (4 years)
42%
First-year retention
73%
Transferred to another college
50%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$84,533
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$92,405
Median debt at graduation
$20,919
Students with federal loans
58%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
54%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
42%
Low-income (Pell)
48%
First-generation
49%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$95

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%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 3 campuses (32,944 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$30,013
$30–48k
$30,090
$48–75k
$34,050
$75–110k
$32,607
$110k+
$40,826

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$136,200

$34,050/year × about 4.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

19%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,240
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 19% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,240. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 26 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$92,405
Typical debt at graduation
$20,919
Debt vs. one year's pay
23%
Out-earn a HS grad
90%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$91,622
Men
$104,160

Men out-earn women by $12,538 (14%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
84°F
Winter low
19°F
Annual rain
37.9″
Annual snow
38.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Ohare Intl AP, IL US station (6.2 mi from campus).

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.