Program Payoff

Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians programs in Illinois

18 schools in Illinois teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Illinois

Software Developers in Illinois earn a median of $132,110 a year across 56,310 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Illinois
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$104,9106,530
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$85,5101,980
Computer Programmers$72,5401,280
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$79,800940

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
College of DuPage Glen Ellyn Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Heartland Community College Normal Undergraduate certificate not published
Joliet Junior College Joliet Associate's degree not published 0
Lake Land College Mattoon Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Lincoln Land Community College Springfield Undergraduate certificate not published 0
McHenry County College Crystal Lake Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills Undergraduate certificate not published 108
Morton College Cicero Undergraduate certificate not published
Oakton College Des Plaines Undergraduate certificate not published 5
Parkland College Champaign Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Parkland College Champaign Associate's degree not published 0
Prairie State College Chicago Heights Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Rend Lake College Ina Undergraduate certificate not published 24
Rend Lake College Ina Associate's degree not published 0
Southwestern Illinois College Belleville Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Triton College River Grove Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Triton College River Grove Associate's degree not published 0
William Rainey Harper College Palatine Undergraduate certificate not published 73

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.