🎯 Parent/student verdict

Match

Solid 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?

Carnegie classification
M1: Master's - Larger Programs
Total enrollment
27,825
20,000 and above
In-state tuition
$17,408
sticker, before aid
Tuition
$17,408
flat rate (no in/out-of-state split)
Admit rate
43.3%
Moderately selective
SAT middle 50%
990–1130
EBRW + Math composite
ACT middle 50%
19–23
composite
Test policy
Test-optional
2023
10-yr earnings
$45,987
median, after entry

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).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$42,178
Earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$45,987
4-year completion
37%
Median debt (completers)
$24,807
Cost of attendance
$38,660
sticker price, not net
Pell-eligible students
68%

📚 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.

1. Business, Management, & Marketing
1,037 degrees · 63.3%
Typical career outcomes
Financial Analyst $100k Management Analyst (Consultant) $99k Marketing Manager $158k Accountant / Auditor $80k
Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.
2. Computer & Information Sciences
329 degrees · 20.1%
Typical career outcomes
Software Developer $132k Data Scientist $108k Information Security Analyst $120k Web Developer $85k
High-paying tech roles dominate. Median software roles cluster in the $90k-$130k range.
3. Engineering Technologies
172 degrees · 10.5%
Typical career outcomes
Electrical Engineering Tech $72k Industrial Engineering Tech $64k Mechanical Engineering Tech $64k
Technician-track engineering roles. Strong wages, faster ramp than full engineer path.
4. Engineering
53 degrees · 3.2%
Typical career outcomes
Mechanical Engineer $100k Electrical Engineer $107k Civil Engineer $93k Chemical Engineer $112k
Engineering majors land high-paying technical roles. Top-earning sub-disciplines: petroleum, chemical, computer engineering.
5. Health Professions
48 degrees · 2.9%
Typical career outcomes
Registered Nurse $86k Physician Assistant $130k Pharmacist $136k Physical Therapist (post-DPT) $100k
Highest-paying group on this list, but most careers require additional training beyond a 4-year degree.

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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