Private for-profit · Community college

Estelle Medical Academy

Skokie, Illinois · Small city

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Transfer rate: $8,628
Avg net price: 86%
Grad / completion: $24,290
Median earnings

Estelle Medical Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Skokie, Illinois (small city setting), enrolling 66 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 66 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Skokie, Illinois

Skokie is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. About 1910, the spelling was Americanized to "Niles Center". However, the name caused postal confusion with the neighboring village of Niles. A village-renaming campaign began in the 1930s. Westfield Old Orchard, an upscale shopping center, is one of the country's first and is the third largest mall by total square footage in Illinois. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 14 miles to Chicago, IL
To Great Lakes shore: 3 miles
Nearest airport: 10 miles to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) · major hub

How Estelle Medical Academy compares

Graduation rate86%

Higher than 86% · #15 of 122 in Illinois

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,290

Higher than 15% · #102 of 113 in Illinois

Average net price$8,628

Cheaper than 76% · #40 cheapest of 123 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$5,657

Lower than 96%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment66

Larger than 18%

Percentiles compare Estelle Medical Academy 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 gender

Women5279%
Men1421%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White55%
Black11%
Hispanic17%
Asian18%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 66
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 63%
First-generation students: 59%
Students over 25: 100%
Median family income: $17,138

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $9,180
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $220
Total cost of attendance: $12,400
Average net price: $8,628

Outcomes

Graduated: 86%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $24,165
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $24,290
Median debt at graduation: $5,657
Students with federal loans: 32%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 71%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $100

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

$8,628

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Estelle Medical Academy 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.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $24,290
Typical debt at graduation: $5,657
Debt vs. one year's pay: 23%
Out-earn a HS grad: 40%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 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

$19,313

Men

$36,397

Men out-earn women by $17,084 (88%) 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: 16°F
Annual rain: 39.5″
Annual snow: 33.6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Botanic Garden, IL US station (5.9 mi from campus).

What Estelle Medical Academy graduates study — and earn

Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

50 grads$18k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$5k debt

50$17,673$25,616$5,272

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.