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University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · Private (nonprofit) · 7,569 students · mostly bachelor degrees
88th-cheapest of 180 Illinois colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$14,860
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$90,360
Graduation rate
96%
Admission rate
4%
Median graduate earnings
$91,885
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$15,000
Average SAT
1554
Median ACT
34
Pell grant recipients
15%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
187 programsLaw · First Professional Degree213 grads/yr$279,203Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree11 grads/yr$243,256Computer Programming/Programmer, General · Master's Degree80 grads/yr$179,964Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree156 grads/yr$178,068Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree181 grads/yr$172,826Computer Science · Master's Degree217 grads/yr$169,765Mathematics and Statistics · Master's Degree70 grads/yr$161,842Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree622 grads/yr$159,578Mathematics and Statistics · Bachelor's Degree48 grads/yr$130,189Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$128,337Biostatistics · Master's Degree33 grads/yr$126,821Education Policy Analysis · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$112,727Medicine · First Professional Degree87 grads/yr$101,675General Studies · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$96,510Education Policy Analysis · Bachelor's Degree90 grads/yr$94,237Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree111 grads/yr$87,869Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other · Doctoral Degree14 grads/yr$83,657National Security Policy Studies · Master's Degree75 grads/yr$83,492English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree53 grads/yr$78,169Survey Research/Methodology · Master's Degree706 grads/yr$74,690Behavioral Neuroscience · Bachelor's Degree99 grads/yr$73,483Social Work · Master's Degree187 grads/yr$71,980Logic · Bachelor's Degree61 grads/yr$71,709Public/Applied History · Doctoral Degree29 grads/yr$71,260Baltic Studies · Master's Degree18 grads/yr$70,631
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.