unitid 149842 · Palatine, IL · public 2-year · suburb (large)
William Rainey Harper College
- enrollment 2023
- 21,901
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
9,313
90th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
20%
undergrads on Pell grants
16th pctl among public 2-years
completion
48%
finish within 150% time
75th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$19,288
87th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$11,607
after aid, aided students
81st pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$48,071
after entry, Title IV students
94th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$10,184
48th 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 $9,446 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
- 0-30k47%
- 30-48k23%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k7%
- 110k+5%
- Median family income
- $25,797
- First-generation students
- 47%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $3,894
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.7× 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. | 1,093 | $46,636 | $7,500 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 918 | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 589 | $54,134 | $8,750 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 440 | $49,656 | $8,250 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 84 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 82 | $79,071 | $15,000 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 80 | $65,904 | $9,834 |
| Precision Metal Working. | 76 | — | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 55 | $81,281 | $16,525 |
| Business Operations Support and Assistant Services. | 51 | — | — |
| Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | 47 | — | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 47 | — | — |
— 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.