Private for-profit · Community college
State Career College
Gurnee, Illinois · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $26,376
- Avg net price
- 74%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
State Career College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Gurnee, Illinois (large suburb setting), enrolling 185 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Gurnee, Illinois
Gurnee is a village in Lake County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Early settlers in the Gurnee area came by foot horseback and by "Prairie Schooners" drawn by oxen or via the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes. They came from the town of Warren, New York, which was named in honor of Major General Joseph Warren, killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Gurnee Public Library is located at 224 N. O'Plaine Road. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 37 miles to Chicago, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 3 miles
- Nearest airport
- 27 miles to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) · major hub
How State Career College compares
Higher than 69% · #31 of 122 in Illinois
Higher than 59%
Cheaper than 15% · #114 cheapest of 123 in Illinois
Lower than 57%
Lower than 29%
Larger than 43%
Percentiles compare State 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
- Women16991%
- Men169%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White5.4%
- Black54%
- Hispanic31%
- Asian1.6%
- Other or multiracial8.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 185
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 54%
- First-generation students
- 59%
- Students over 25
- 74%
- Median family income
- $12,715
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
- $26,376
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
- 74%
- First-year retention
- 78%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $26,829
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Students with federal loans
- 54%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 15%
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%.
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.
Does the school pay you to attend?
State Career College 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 16°F
- Annual rain
- 35.3″
- Annual snow
- 43.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Waukegan, IL US station (1.5 mi from campus).
What State Career College 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.