Private for-profit · Community college

Fox College

Tinley Park, Illinois · Large suburb

#3 most selective in Illinois

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Transfer rate: $13,109
Avg net price: 71%
Grad / completion: $41,539
Median earnings

Fox College is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Tinley Park, Illinois (large suburb setting), enrolling 200 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 200 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 70% admitCold winters

About Tinley Park, Illinois

Tinley Park is a village in Cook and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Modern settlement of the area now known as Tinley Park began in the 1820s as emigrants from Europe and the eastern United States arrived. In recognition of their prominence, the village was officially named Bremen when it was founded in 1853. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 23 miles to Chicago, IL
To Great Lakes shore: 18 miles
Nearest airport: 15 miles to Chicago Midway (MDW) · major hub

How Fox College compares

Selectivity70.2%

More selective than 69% · #3 most selective of 9 in Illinois

Graduation rate71%

Higher than 63% · #38 of 122 in Illinois

First-year retention69%

Higher than 42%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$41,539

Higher than 75% · #25 of 113 in Illinois

Average net price$13,109

Cheaper than 57% · #66 cheapest of 123 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$16,209

Lower than 11%

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 86%

Undergraduate enrollment200

Larger than 45%

Percentiles compare Fox College 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

Women16683%
Men3417%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White48%
Black14%
Hispanic34%
Asian2.0%
Other or multiracial2.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 200
Student–faculty ratio: 9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 49%
First-generation students: 43%
Students over 25: 38%
Median family income: $27,396
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $60,714

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $17,670
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,921
Total cost of attendance: $22,971
Average net price: $13,109

Admissions

Admission rate: 70.2%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 71%
First-year retention: 69%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $40,654
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $41,539
Median debt at graduation: $16,209
Students with federal loans: 78%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 70%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

71%

Low-income (Pell)

66%

First-generation

68%

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: $50

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

$6,702

$30–48k

$9,033

$48–75k

$11,503

$75–110k

$22,971

$110k+

$19,041

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.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $41,539
Typical debt at graduation: $16,209
Debt vs. one year's pay: 39%
Out-earn a HS grad: 57%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.9 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

$40,768

Men

$49,543

Men out-earn women by $8,775 (22%) 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: 42.1″
Annual snow: 28.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Park Forest, IL US station (7.2 mi from campus).

What Fox College graduates study — and earn

Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians

100 grads$37k 1 yr$41k 5 yr$15k debt

100$36,853$41,368$14,722 Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

83 grads$42k 1 yr$51k 5 yr$22k debt

83$42,418$50,820$21,579 Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

— grads$58k 1 yr— 5 yr$20k debt

—$57,717—$20,000 Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

— grads$35k 1 yr$38k 5 yr— debt

—$34,923$37,507—

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.