🎓 College profile
DeVry University-Illinois
IL · Private for-profit · Large suburb · 6,314 applicants 2023
🎯 Parent/student verdict
MatchSolid match for academically prepared students.
✅ Best for
- Students focused on Business, Management, & Marketing (the school's signature program)
- Students who thrive in a large, programmatic environment
🎯 The reality
- Bottom-quartile academic profile if: SAT below 990, or ACT below 19 (admitted-class quartiles; GPA floor is a calibrated heuristic where CDS not yet on file)
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).
📚 What students study here
Most popular majors at DeVry University-Illinois
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what DeVry University-Illinois 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 DeVry University-Illinois
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | Bachelor's Degree | — | $70,874 | $95,622 |
| Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians. | Bachelor's Degree | 3 | $62,864 | $88,911 |
| Computer Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | 31 | — | $86,645 |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General. | Bachelor's Degree | — | — | $83,554 |
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | Bachelor's Degree | 103 | $67,395 | $83,322 |
| Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | Bachelor's Degree | 22 | $48,829 | $79,501 |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications. | Bachelor's Degree | 42 | $60,540 | $73,884 |
| Computer Systems Analysis. | Bachelor's Degree | 153 | $51,805 | $71,675 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | 871 | $55,102 | $68,231 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | Bachelor's Degree | 121 | $57,020 | $68,126 |
For full college-vs-major comparison + ROI leaderboards, see /college-outcomes →
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