North Central College
Naperville, Illinois · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
21of 22 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Illinois high-school graduate (about $36,082 a year). 1 falls short.
22 of 58 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 36 have no earnings published. 1 verdict uses 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 26 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$21,044 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$21,044 a year
About $84,176 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $12,507 |
| $30k to $48k | $13,486 |
| $48k to $75k | $16,362 |
| $75k to $110k | $20,590 |
| $110k and up | $26,961 |
| All families (average) | $21,044 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Illinois high-school graduate ($36,082 a year).
25 of 84 programs could be assessed 30% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $52,062 | +$15,980 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.6 yrs | 74 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $60,018 | +$23,936 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.0 yrs | 50 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $71,123 | +$35,041 | clears the bar | $20,484 | 0.6 yrs | 44 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $89,044 | +$52,962 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 43 |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | $81,562 | +$45,480 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.6 yrs | 35 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $49,224 | +$13,142 | clears the bar | $26,916 | 2.0 yrs | 33 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $78,125 | +$42,043 | clears the bar | $21,166 | 0.5 yrs | 29 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $65,992 | +$29,910 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 0.7 yrs | 26 |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | $26,9081-year earnings | -$9,174 | falls short (1-yr) | $23,655 | no earnings gain | 25 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $79,877 | +$43,795 | clears the bar | $26,228 | 0.6 yrs | 24 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $102,600 | +$66,518 | above HS line | $31,918 | 0.5 yrs | 23 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $56,281 | +$20,199 | clears the bar | $26,943 | 1.3 yrs | 19 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $80,494 | +$44,412 | clears the bar | $26,801 | 0.6 yrs | 17 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | $46,605 | +$10,523 | clears the bar | $19,500 | 1.9 yrs | 16 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | $57,192 | +$21,110 | clears the bar | $22,000 | 1.0 yrs | 14 |
| Management Science | Bachelor's Degree | $105,350 | +$69,268 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.4 yrs | 12 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $68,750 | +$32,668 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | $51,247 | +$15,165 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.8 yrs | 10 |
| Human Resources | Bachelor's Degree | $71,555 | +$35,473 | clears the bar | $18,384 | 0.5 yrs | 10 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Bachelor's Degree | $60,573 | +$24,491 | clears the bar | $20,649 | 0.8 yrs | 8 |
| Radio, TV and Digital Media | Bachelor's Degree | $45,838 | +$9,756 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 2.8 yrs | 7 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | $46,744 | +$10,662 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $57,424 | +$21,342 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $51,018 | +$14,936 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.7 yrs | 2 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Master's Degree | $65,846 | +$29,764 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 40 |
| Health Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Social Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $27,000 | not assessed | 13 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Electrical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Graphic Communications | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $26,500 | not assessed | 5 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| International/Globalization Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $25,205 | not assessed | 4 |
| Human Resources | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Finance | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Natural Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Philosophy | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Social Sciences | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Economics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Social Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | First Professional Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| International Business | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Management Information Systems | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Management Information Systems | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Marketing | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $36,082 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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