Glen Ellyn, Illinois. 15,185 undergraduate students. 109 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
UNITID 144865 · OPEID 006656 · IPEDS HDVINTAGE · COLLEGE SCORECARD · 2025-05 · HISTORY 1996–2024
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at College of DuPage
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+17%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at College of DuPage rose 17% between 2017 and 2020 ($8.9k → $10.4k).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at College of DuPage fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.0% → 0.0%).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-16%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at College of DuPage fell 16% between 2006 and 2009 (16.5% → 13.8%).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+10%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at College of DuPage rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.1k → $4.6k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Illinois
Each tile compares this institution to the Illinois median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$46,909+21% · 6→10y
Illinois median $40,810
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$38,925
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
24.2%-13% · '97→'09
Illinois median 53.3%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$5,500+297% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
15,185-40% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
66.0%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
—
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$4,320+171% · '00→'24
out-of-state $12,510
SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
1.6%
0%8% · GE20%+
Median federal debt $5,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $46,909 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
UNDERGRAD · 1996–202416,114
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997–200913.8%
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997–2020$10,410
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 1996→2024-40%
College of DuPage · undergrad enrollment fell
26,847 → 16,114
IN-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+171%
College of DuPage · in-state tuition rose
$1,680 → $4,560
OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+70%
College of DuPage · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,488 → $12,750
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997→2020+297%
College of DuPage · median debt rose
$2,625 → $10,410
COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 2011→2024-100%
College of DuPage · cohort default rate fell
20.0% → 0.0%
PELL SHARE · 2008→2024+54%
College of DuPage · pell share rose
13.1% → 20.1%
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 2007→2020+24%
College of DuPage · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,900 → $46,909
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 2003→2020+24%
College of DuPage · earnings_median_6yr rose
$31,400 → $38,925
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Estimate the financial outcome at College of DuPage
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$404,493
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 4
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
Cost per year
$7,500
HS-only baseline · IL
$38,300
Years to complete
2
CIP family
24
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Illinois
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
“College of DuPage graduates earn $X” — not “College of DuPage makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending College of DuPage caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.