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title: North Central College — cost, debt & earnings (College Scorecard)
location: Naperville, IL
control: Private nonprofit
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release)
sourceUrl: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
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# North Central College

Naperville, IL · Private nonprofit · Bachelor-granting

> Federal College Scorecard institution **medians** — not a prediction of any one student's outcome, and not a figure for any single program. Earnings/debt cover federally-aided students.

## The bottom line

| Figure | Value | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Typical earnings, 10 yrs after entry | $60,123 | recorded |
| Earnings range (25th–75th pct) | $41,286 – $83,972 | recorded |
| Typical federal debt | $18,750 | recorded |
| Debt of students who withdrew | $5,625 | recorded |
| Completion rate | 64% | recorded |
| Average annual net cost | $57,219 | recorded |
| % earning above a $28k HS-grad wage | 80% | recorded |
| Debt ÷ a year's earnings | 0.31× | derived |
| Earnings premium vs $28k HS benchmark | $32,123 | derived |

**64% of students finish** — the loans are owed whether or not you graduate, so read every figure below next to this number.

Typical **federal** loan debt is $18,750 (≈ 31% of a year's typical earnings here). Note: this counts federal loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS, or family savings — so true borrowing is usually higher; and because dropouts borrow less, low-completion schools can show a deceptively low debt figure.

## Earnings by major (the number that decides "worth it")

> **Different measure — read on its own terms.** These are median earnings **1 year after completing the program** (early career, graduates only) — NOT the 10-years-after-entry school-wide figure above. Do not compare a program figure to the school figure; compare majors to each other. The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates.

By program, early-career pay ranges from $22,666 to $73,791 across 25 program(s).

| Major | Credential | Pay (1 yr out) | Median debt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | Master's Degree | $73,791 | not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Master's Degree | $63,155 | $31,918 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $54,117 | $27,000 |
| Computer Science. | Bachelor's Degree | $52,561 | $26,228 |
| Economics. | Bachelor's Degree | $51,272 | $26,801 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | $44,923 | $21,500 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $43,815 | $21,166 |
| Marketing. | Bachelor's Degree | $42,795 | $20,484 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | Master's Degree | $42,391 | not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | Bachelor's Degree | $41,411 | $26,916 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | Bachelor's Degree | $41,154 | $20,649 |
| International Business. | Bachelor's Degree | $39,701 | not reported |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $39,621 | $18,384 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | Bachelor's Degree | $39,366 | $22,000 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | Bachelor's Degree | $38,917 | not reported |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | $35,835 | not reported |
| English Language and Literature, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $35,272 | $26,500 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | Bachelor's Degree | $33,034 | $27,000 |
| Music. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,555 | not reported |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | Bachelor's Degree | $30,299 | $25,000 |
| Sociology. | Bachelor's Degree | $30,245 | $26,943 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,978 | $25,000 |
| Biology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $25,889 | $27,000 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | Bachelor's Degree | $22,826 | $19,500 |
| Psychology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $22,666 | $25,000 |

## What this is — and is NOT

Institution-wide medians from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. **Not** a prediction of what you would earn or owe, **not** a figure for any single program (a CS and a fine-arts graduate of the same school diverge enormously), **not** proof the school caused the outcome (selection, not causation), and **not** a "best college" ranking. Explore North Central College by field of study at the official Scorecard: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?147660

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