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Midwestern Career College

Chicago, Illinois · Large city

0%
Transfer rate
$20,462
Avg net price
54%
Grad / completion
$36,432
Median earnings

Midwestern Career College is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Chicago, Illinois (large city setting), enrolling 887 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 887 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersSnowy

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
Associate
Nearest big city
1 mile to Chicago, IL
To Great Lakes shore
1 mile
Nearest airport
9 miles to Chicago Midway (MDW) · major hub

How Midwestern Career College compares

Graduation rate54%

Higher than 41% · #69 of 122 in Illinois

First-year retention69%

Higher than 41%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,432

Higher than 54% · #53 of 113 in Illinois

Average net price$20,462

Cheaper than 31% · #91 cheapest of 123 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$7,521

Lower than 79%

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 18%

Undergraduate enrollment887

Larger than 71%

Percentiles compare Midwestern Career 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

887undergrads
  • Women79690%
  • Men9110%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White11%
  • Black33%
  • Hispanic19%
  • Asian1.8%
  • Other or multiracial36%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
887
Student–faculty ratio
23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
43%
First-generation students
53%
Students over 25
62%
Median family income
$16,642
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$51,543

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

Cost

In-state tuition
—
Room & board
—
Total cost of attendance
—
Average net price
$20,462

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

Outcomes

Graduated
54%
First-year retention
69%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$33,475
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$36,432
Median debt at graduation
$7,521
Students with federal loans
51%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
27%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$20

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
0.4 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 4 campuses (887 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.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
$20,299
$30–48k
$20,413
$48–75k
$22,674
$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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

19%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$415
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 19% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $415. 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 161 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)
$36,432
Typical debt at graduation
$7,521
Debt vs. one year's pay
21%
Out-earn a HS grad
—

Typical debt would take roughly 2.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

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.

Campus climate

Summer high
81°F
Winter low
20°F
Annual rain
34.4″
Annual snow
38.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.04.1JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Northerly IS, IL US station (2.4 mi from campus).

What Midwestern Career College graduates study — and earn

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.
89 grads$42k 1 yr— 5 yr$22k debt
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.
70 grads$32k 1 yr— 5 yr$8k debt
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.
28 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCert.
26 grads$33k 1 yr$36k 5 yr$10k debt
MarketingAssoc.
19 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Accounting and Related ServicesAssoc.
18 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCert.
10 grads$45k 1 yr$44k 5 yr$18k debt
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.
1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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.