+17%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at College of Lake County rose 16% between 2017 and 2020 ($7.5k → $8.7k).
Illinois · Public · Predominantly certificates
College of Lake County
Grayslake, Illinois. 9,282 undergraduate students. 97 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at College of Lake County
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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at College of Lake County fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5% → 0.0%).
+16%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at College of Lake County rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.1k → $4.8k).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at College of Lake County rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($12.8k → $14.4k).
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.
$43,424+19% · 6→10y
Illinois median $40,810$36,407
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry38.3%+29% · '97→'09
Illinois median 53.3%$5,376+233% · '97→'20
At program completion9,282-27% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS71.7%+8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,494+196% · '00→'24
out-of-state $14,036SECTION 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).
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%Median federal debt $5,376 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $43,424 (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.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+29%
College of Lake County · completion · 150% rose
12.8% → 16.6%
-27%
College of Lake County · undergrad enrollment fell
12,843 → 9,420
+196%
College of Lake County · in-state tuition rose
$1,620 → $4,788
+44%
College of Lake County · out-of-state tuition rose
$10,020 → $14,400
+233%
College of Lake County · median debt rose
$2,625 → $8,735
-100%
College of Lake County · cohort default rate fell
16.0% → 0.0%
+124%
College of Lake County · pell share rose
10.8% → 24.1%
+28%
College of Lake County · earnings_median_10yr rose
$34,000 → $43,424
+26%
College of Lake County · earnings_median_8yr rose
$31,600 → $39,819
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$77,613Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$63,989Biological and Physical Sciences.$53,615Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$48,288Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$42,784Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$40,698Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$36,994
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
7 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at College of Lake County
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
$236,535
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,505
- 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.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“College of Lake County graduates earn $X” — not “College of Lake County makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending College of Lake County 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.