Colleges with the Highest Former-Student Earnings Near Chicago, IL

Colleges with the Highest Former-Student Earnings Near Chicago, IL, ranked by median 10-year earnings. Median earnings of federally aided former students who are working and not enrolled, 10 years after entry; includes students who did not graduate. Campuses within 50 straight-line miles of the listed city center, including nearby states. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 34 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Chamberlain University-IllinoisAddison, Illinois83%—$32k$92k42%14,02719 mi 2University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 3Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois8%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 4Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois55%1311$18k$83k75%2,8331 mi 5Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois82%1297$36k$72k73%11,737< 1 mi 6DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois76%1262$31k$69k68%14,0901 mi 7University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois77%1250$11k$69k62%22,1702 mi 8Lewis UniversityRomeoville, Illinois71%1096$17k$66k67%4,01529 mi 9University of St FrancisJoliet, Illinois65%1141$13k$64k67%1,22332 mi 10Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois87%1380$27k$64k85%2,12124 mi 11Benedictine UniversityLisle, Illinois95%—$22k$63k50%1,94226 mi 12Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, Indiana89%1178$19k$63k70%2,08314 mi 13Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, Illinois57%1343$29k$62k78%1,8131 mi 14Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, Illinois74%1151$24k$61k70%3,00616 mi 15Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Illinois90%1002$12k$60k55%2,5619 mi 16North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois77%1213$21k$60k64%2,42828 mi 17North Park UniversityChicago, Illinois69%—$17k$60k58%1,8183 mi 18Aurora UniversityAurora, Illinois81%1076$19k$59k60%3,97438 mi 19Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, Illinois84%—$11k$59k57%3,0969 mi 20Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, Illinois48%—$12k$58k22%2,55621 mi 21Judson UniversityElgin, Illinois48%1039$19k$56k60%70827 mi 22Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights, Illinois85%1157$19k$56k58%82014 mi 23Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, Illinois93%—$18k$54k36%1,3239 mi 24Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, Illinois75%—$14k$52k22%3,9823 mi 25Roosevelt UniversityChicago, Illinois97%1011$20k$49k35%2,8491 mi 26Purdue University NorthwestHammond, Indiana72%1024$6k$48k43%5,6715 mi 27Calumet College of Saint JosephWhiting, Indiana——$22k$47k23%5292 mi 28National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois95%—$13k$46k30%4,4061 mi 29Moody Bible InstituteChicago, Illinois83%—$22k$45k62%1,5101 mi 30Indiana University-NorthwestGary, Indiana73%1055$5k$43k37%2,6615 mi 31Chicago State UniversityChicago, Illinois43%—$12k$43k15%1,3844 mi 32Columbia College ChicagoChicago, Illinois89%—$27k$42k52%5,3681 mi 33School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, Illinois77%—$50k$40k67%2,8051 mi 34Herzing University-KenoshaKenosha, Wisconsin92%—$23k$37k72%5221 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.