Private for-profit · Community college

DeVry University-Illinois

Lisle, Illinois · Large suburb

18%
Transfer rate
$30,770
Avg net price
37%
Grad / completion
$45,987
Median earnings

DeVry University-Illinois is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lisle, Illinois (large suburb setting), enrolling 27,825 undergraduates.

Private for-profitLarge · 27,825 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 98% admitCold winters

About Lisle, Illinois

Lisle is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. In 1830, Bailey Hobson, a Quaker, was the first settler in what would become DuPage County, Illinois, as well as Lisle Township. The town of Lisle was settled in 1832, by brothers James C. Hatch and Luther A. Hatch after the close of the Black Hawk War. Created by the Chicago Bulls and White Sox, the Bulls/Sox Training Academy runs year-round training programs in baseball, fastpitch softball, and basketball for youths. (Wikipedia)

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

How DeVry University-Illinois compares

Selectivity98.4%

More selective than 20% · #7 most selective of 9 in Illinois

SAT average868

Higher than 9%

Graduation rate37%

Higher than 21% · #103 of 122 in Illinois

First-year retention65%

Higher than 33%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$45,987

Higher than 85% · #13 of 113 in Illinois

Average net price$30,770

Cheaper than 7% · #121 cheapest of 123 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$24,807

Lower than 2%

Student–faculty ratio43 : 1

Lower than 1%

Undergraduate enrollment27,825

Larger than 99%

Percentiles compare DeVry University-Illinois 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

Undergraduate vs. graduate

31,075students
  • Undergraduate27,82590%
  • Graduate3,25010%

Undergraduates by gender

27,825undergrads
  • Women16,85961%
  • Men10,96639%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White38%
  • Black34%
  • Hispanic15%
  • Asian1.8%
  • Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
27,825
Graduate enrollment
3,250
Student–faculty ratio
43 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
68%
First-generation students
50%
Students over 25
86%
Median family income
$22,648
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$82,332

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 2,259 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Illinois4.3%
  • Other U.S. states96%

A national draw — only 4% of first-years come from Illinois; 95% arrive from other states.

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.

Cost

In-state tuition
$17,408
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,100
Total cost of attendance
$38,660
Average net price
$30,770

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Admissions

Admission rate
98.4%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
700–1030
SAT average
868
SAT reading
330–540
SAT math
370–490
ACT composite
11–19
Average GPA (estimated)
2.60

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
37%
Graduated on time (4 years)
12%
First-year retention
65%
Transferred to another college
18%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$42,178
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$45,987
Median debt at graduation
$24,807
Students with federal loans
81%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
28%

About 25% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
12%
Low-income (Pell)
21%
First-generation
22%

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
$30

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 4 campuses (31,296 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
$30,231
$30–48k
$30,933
$48–75k
$31,427
$75–110k
$33,253
$110k+
$35,359

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
$157,883

$31,427/year × about 5.0 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.

82%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,319
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 82% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,319. 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 924 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)
$45,987
Typical debt at graduation
$24,807
Debt vs. one year's pay
54%
Out-earn a HS grad
58%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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
$39,726
Men
$52,506

Men out-earn women by $12,780 (32%) 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
15°F
Annual rain
40.2″
Annual snow
24.3″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lisle-Morton Arboretum, IL US station (2.3 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.