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Highest earning associate's registered nursing programs in Illinois
Illinois registered nursing programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ambria College of Nursing | Hoffman Estates | For-profit, 4-year | $75,461 | 63 |
| 2 | Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills | Public, 2-year | $73,137 | 65 |
| 3 | College of Lake County | Grayslake | Public, 2-year | $72,472 | 40 |
| 4 | Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Public, 2-year | $71,988 | 116 |
| 5 | Elgin Community College | Elgin | Public, 2-year | $71,721 | 55 |
| 6 | William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | Public, 2-year | $70,929 | 84 |
| 7 | City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | $70,086 | 107 |
| 8 | Oakton College | Des Plaines | Public, 2-year | $69,434 | 51 |
| 9 | College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | Public, 2-year | $69,105 | 31 |
| 10 | Richland Community College | Decatur | Public, 2-year | $68,635 | 46 |
| 11 | Prairie State College | Chicago Heights | Public, 2-year | $68,277 | 61 |
| 12 | Rock Valley College | Rockford | Public, 2-year | $68,229 | 39 |
| 13 | Rasmussen University | Rockford | For-profit, 2-year | $68,119 | 2,086 |
| 14 | John A Logan College | Carterville | Public, 2-year | $67,691 | 38 |
| 15 | Danville Area Community College | Danville | Public, 2-year | $67,152 | 60 |
| 16 | Carl Sandburg College | Galesburg | Public, 2-year | $66,508 | 62 |
| 17 | Waubonsee Community College | Sugar Grove | Public, 2-year | $66,440 | 84 |
| 18 | Lincoln Land Community College | Springfield | Public, 2-year | $66,279 | 117 |
| 19 | Kankakee Community College | Kankakee | Public, 2-year | $66,261 | 34 |
| 20 | Illinois Central College | East Peoria | Public, 2-year | $65,741 | 57 |
| 21 | Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | Public, 2-year | $65,290 | 57 |
| 22 | Morton College | Cicero | Public, 2-year | $65,090 | 46 |
| 23 | Rend Lake College | Ina | Public, 2-year | $63,852 | 41 |
| 24 | Lake Land College | Mattoon | Public, 2-year | $63,651 | 70 |
| 25 | Kaskaskia College | Centralia | Public, 2-year | $63,081 | 52 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.