🎓 College profile
Concordia University-Chicago
IL · Private nonprofit · Large suburb · 4,607 applicants 2023
🎯 Parent/student verdict
LikelyAccessible for most applicants. Affordable on average — net price runs around $18,436/yr.
✅ Best for
- Students drawn to Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness or Education (the two biggest majors)
- Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience
Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
🏛️ Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
📊 Outcomes & cost
What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.
Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).
💰 True ROI
7.3× returnWhat families actually pay (after aid) vs. the sticker — and how 10-yr earnings stack against the real cost. Most sites quote sticker; we quote what families really pay.
"True ROI" = (10-yr median earnings × 10) ÷ (actual 4-yr net price). The actual net is from Scorecard (average across all families); your family's net price will vary by income — see the breakdown above. Earnings are 10 years after enrollment (Scorecard PP-FOS, all majors combined).
💰 What families actually pay
Net price by family income
Net price = sticker price minus grant aid. This is what families actually pay out-of-pocket after scholarships and need-based aid — the most honest affordability signal there is. At Concordia University-Chicago, the average net price is $18,436/yr across all families.
🔎 Earning over $110K? The federal brackets above lump every family from $110K to $1M+ into one row.
Need-based aid usually phases out somewhere between $200K and $300K at private colleges — but the exact threshold varies a lot. For a precise estimate based on your family's actual income, assets, and your student's academic profile, use Concordia University-Chicago's official Net Price Calculator:
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Source: College Scorecard (NPT41-NPT45). Net price = total cost of attendance minus federal, state, institutional, and other grants. Some brackets may be suppressed for student-privacy reasons (small cohorts). Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates only. The $110K+ ceiling is a federal data limitation — Department of Education hasn't refreshed these brackets since the early 2010s.
📚 What students study here
Most popular majors at Concordia University-Chicago
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Concordia University-Chicago actually graduates — not just what it markets.
Source: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a), bachelor's-level first majors aggregated to 2-digit CIP family. Share is of these top 5 only — not all majors.
💼 Top programs by earnings
Highest-earning majors at Concordia University-Chicago
Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major (CIP code). From the federal College Scorecard program-level outcomes.
| Major (CIP) | Credential | Cohort | 1-yr earnings | 4-yr earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | Bachelor's Degree | 33 | $65,314 | $73,256 |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | Bachelor's Degree | 16 | $51,763 | $72,050 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | Bachelor's Degree | 93 | $29,231 | $55,309 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | Bachelor's Degree | 20 | $44,601 | $55,212 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | 15 | $44,581 | $54,533 |
| Criminology. | Bachelor's Degree | 6 | $41,724 | $50,897 |
| Psychology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | 21 | $27,304 | $46,590 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | Bachelor's Degree | 38 | $44,618 | $45,532 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | 6 | — | $43,071 |
For full college-vs-major comparison + ROI leaderboards, see /college-outcomes →
🤖 AI program signal
AI + computing education at Concordia University-Chicago
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