unitid 148672 · Dixon, IL · public 2-year · rural (fringe)
Sauk Valley Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 2,402
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
1,158
30th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
33%
undergrads on Pell grants
59th pctl among public 2-years
completion
49%
finish within 150% time
78th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$15,273
53rd pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$8,493
after aid, aided students
57th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$40,458
after entry, Title IV students
63rd pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$8,250
21st 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 $5,027 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
- 0-30k42%
- 30-48k22%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $25,381
- First-generation students
- 48%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,340
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.9× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 137 | $30,951 | $15,742 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 122 | $38,878 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 117 | — | — |
| Precision Metal Working. | 65 | $53,483 | — |
| Ground Transportation. | 36 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 29 | $64,599 | $14,379 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 21 | — | — |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 20 | $47,061 | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 18 | — | $8,312 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 13 | — | — |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 11 | — | — |
| Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 8 | — | — |
— 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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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.