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Chicago State University
Chicago, IL · Public · 1,384 students · mostly bachelor degrees
67th-cheapest of 180 Illinois colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$12,335
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$29,764
Graduation rate
15%
Admission rate
43%
Median graduate earnings
$42,778
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$30,625
Pell grant recipients
58%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
67 programsPharmaceutical Marketing and Management · First Professional Degree31 grads/yr$132,177Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$92,024Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Master's Degree19 grads/yr$79,288Social Work · Master's Degree17 grads/yr$65,619Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$59,296Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree33 grads/yr$57,691Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree43 grads/yr$53,181Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$51,485Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree51 grads/yr$47,168Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$46,898
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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