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.
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
More selective than 20% · #7 most selective of 9 in Illinois
Higher than 9%
Higher than 21% · #103 of 122 in Illinois
Higher than 33%
Higher than 85% · #13 of 113 in Illinois
Cheaper than 7% · #121 cheapest of 123 in Illinois
Lower than 2%
Lower than 1%
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
- Undergraduate27,82590%
- Graduate3,25010%
Undergraduates by gender
- 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)
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.
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.
$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.
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.
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.
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
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lisle-Morton Arboretum, IL US station (2.3 mi from campus).
What DeVry University-Illinois 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.











