Private for-profit · Community college
MDT College of Health Sciences
Chicago, Illinois · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $30,833
- Avg net price
- 50%
- Grad / completion
- $43,946
- Median earnings
MDT College of Health Sciences is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Chicago, Illinois (large city setting), enrolling 575 undergraduates.
About Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. The first known permanent settler in Chicago was a trader, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. Du Sable was of African descent, perhaps born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti), and he established the settlement in the 1780s. He is commonly known as the "Founder of Chicago". Chicago has the third-largest gross metropolitan product in the United States—about $670.5 billion according to September 2017 estimates. The city has also been rated as having the most balanced economy in the United States, due to its high level of diversification. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- Chicago, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 1 mile
- Nearest airport
- 9 miles to Chicago Midway (MDW) · major hub
How MDT College of Health Sciences compares
More selective than 73% · #2 most selective of 9 in Illinois
Higher than 37% · #73 of 122 in Illinois
Higher than 13%
Higher than 81% · #17 of 113 in Illinois
Cheaper than 7% · #122 cheapest of 123 in Illinois
Lower than 7%
Lower than 56%
Larger than 65%
Percentiles compare MDT College of Health Sciences 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
- Women50087%
- Men7513%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White1.4%
- Black91%
- Hispanic4.3%
- Asian1.2%
- Other or multiracial1.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 575
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 93%
- First-generation students
- 53%
- Students over 25
- 83%
- Median family income
- $14,054
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $21,870
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $350
- Total cost of attendance
- $37,647
- Average net price
- $30,833
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
- 64.2%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 53%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $40,181
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $43,946
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
- Students with federal loans
- 95%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 11%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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 2 campuses (575 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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $43,946
- Typical debt at graduation
- $19,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 44%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 64%
Typical debt would take roughly 4.4 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.
Women out-earn men by $14,175 (46%) 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
- 81°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 34.4″
- Annual snow
- 38.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Northerly IS, IL US station (2.1 mi from campus).
What MDT College of Health Sciences 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.