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Oakton College
Des Plaines, IL · Public · 6,072 students · mostly certificate degrees
19th-cheapest of 180 Illinois colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$5,183
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$11,431
Graduation rate
37%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$47,852
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$5,250
Pell grant recipients
19%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
87 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Associate's Degree64 grads/yr$83,364Radiologist Assistant · Associate's Degree27 grads/yr$60,208General Studies · Associate's Degree557 grads/yr$49,225Biological and Physical Sciences · Associate's Degree49 grads/yr$48,644Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma241 grads/yr$42,453
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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