unitid 147800 · Des Plaines, IL · public 2-year · city (small)
Oakton College
- enrollment 2023
- 16,018
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
6,072
81st pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
19%
undergrads on Pell grants
15th pctl among public 2-years
completion
37%
finish within 150% time
48th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$11,431
10th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$5,183
after aid, aided students
24th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,852
after entry, Title IV students
94th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$5,250
2nd pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $3,847 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k57%
- 30-48k27%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $21,708
- First-generation students
- 43%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $3,985
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 9.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 557 | $46,346 | $5,500 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 473 | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 241 | — | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 132 | — | — |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 80 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 64 | $77,715 | $10,000 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 49 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 46 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 37 | — | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 36 | — | — |
| Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems. | 35 | — | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 27 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Compare with peers
built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.