Private for-profit · Community college

Pacific College of Health and Science

Chicago, Illinois · Large city

0%
Transfer rate
Avg net price
78%
Grad / completion
$26,209
Median earnings

Pacific College of Health and Science is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Chicago, Illinois (large city setting), enrolling 2 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 2 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
Graduate
Nearest big city
1 mile to Chicago, IL
To Great Lakes shore
1 mile
Nearest airport
10 miles to Chicago Midway (MDW) · major hub

How Pacific College of Health and Science compares

Graduation rate78%

Higher than 74% · #26 of 122 in Illinois

Earnings, 10 years after entry$26,209

Higher than 21% · #93 of 113 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$12,271

Lower than 26%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment2

Larger than 1%

Percentiles compare Pacific College of Health and Science 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

187students
  • Undergraduate21%
  • Graduate18599%

Undergraduates by gender

2undergrads
  • Women150%
  • Men150%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • Other or multiracial100%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
2
Graduate enrollment
185
Student–faculty ratio
12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
11%
First-generation students
41%
Students over 25
90%
Median family income
$16,839
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$38,997

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$7,508
Room & board
Books & supplies
$909
Total cost of attendance
Average net price

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
78%
First-year retention
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$25,108
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$26,209
Median debt at graduation
$12,271
Students with federal loans
11%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
32%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
78%
Low-income (Pell)
44%
First-generation
47%

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

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%.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$26,209
Typical debt at graduation
$12,271
Debt vs. one year's pay
47%
Out-earn a HS grad
38%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.7 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
$25,459
Men
$26,638

Men out-earn women by $1,179 (5%) 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

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.04.1JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Northerly IS, IL US station (2.3 mi from campus).

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.