Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities programs in Illinois
88 schools in Illinois teach this, at certificate or associate level. 36 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $37,208 at Lincoln Land Community College.
What this work pays in Illinois
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in Illinois earn a median of $59,590 a year across 990 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Land Community College Springfield | Associate's degree | $9,910 | $37,208 (166 grads) | 471 |
| Morton College Cicero | Associate's degree | — | $32,284 (37 grads) | 171 |
| Elgin Community College Elgin | Associate's degree | $6,500 | $30,323 (187 grads) | 577 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College Chicago | Associate's degree | $5,000 | $29,685 (19 grads) | 881 |
| William Rainey Harper College Palatine | Associate's degree | $8,920 | $27,319 (129 grads) | 1,007 |
| Prairie State College Chicago Heights | Associate's degree | $13,949 | $26,353 (24 grads) | 191 |
| College of DuPage Glen Ellyn | Associate's degree | $9,000 | $25,967 (23 grads) | 821 |
| Joliet Junior College Joliet | Associate's degree | $5,950 | $24,863 (42 grads) | 662 |
| Kankakee Community College Kankakee | Associate's degree | $7,000 | $24,730 (60 grads) | 126 |
| Triton College River Grove | Associate's degree | $9,184 | $24,532 (128 grads) | 431 |
| Southwestern Illinois College Belleville | Associate's degree | $6,347 | $24,124 (123 grads) | 440 |
| Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove | Associate's degree | $7,000 | $24,112 (63 grads) | 509 |
| Kishwaukee College Malta | Associate's degree | $8,150 | $22,999 (24 grads) | 118 |
| Parkland College Champaign | Associate's degree | $8,250 | $22,824 (59 grads) | 275 |
| Richland Community College Decatur | Associate's degree | $7,565 | $22,534 (42 grads) | 109 |
| Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills | Associate's degree | $8,250 | $22,466 (122 grads) | 1,278 |
| Danville Area Community College Danville | Associate's degree | $7,025 | $22,329 (55 grads) | 137 |
| College of Lake County Grayslake | Associate's degree | $6,461 | $22,116 (117 grads) | 996 |
| Highland Community College Freeport | Associate's degree | $8,000 | $21,781 (21 grads) | 119 |
| Sauk Valley Community College Dixon | Associate's degree | — | $21,508 (15 grads) | 141 |
| Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey | Associate's degree | $6,050 | $21,312 (32 grads) | 173 |
| Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby | Associate's degree | — | $21,052 (15 grads) | 135 |
| Rock Valley College Rockford | Associate's degree | $6,900 | $21,000 (180 grads) | 640 |
| McHenry County College Crystal Lake | Associate's degree | $5,881 | $20,921 (42 grads) | 417 |
| Black Hawk College Moline | Associate's degree | $6,250 | $20,444 (62 grads) | 198 |
| Heartland Community College Normal | Associate's degree | $6,851 | $20,300 (122 grads) | 482 |
| Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Olney | Associate's degree | $5,625 | $20,140 (16 grads) | 152 |
| Oakton College Des Plaines | Associate's degree | — | $19,797 (62 grads) | 483 |
| Kaskaskia College Centralia | Associate's degree | — | $19,775 (48 grads) | 163 |
| Carl Sandburg College Galesburg | Associate's degree | $3,500 | $19,227 (29 grads) | 191 |
| John A Logan College Carterville | Associate's degree | — | $18,087 (28 grads) | 210 |
| John Wood Community College Quincy | Associate's degree | $8,393 | $17,424 (49 grads) | 173 |
| Illinois Central College East Peoria | Associate's degree | $9,000 | $17,208 (98 grads) | 646 |
| Lake Land College Mattoon | Associate's degree | $4,648 | $16,169 (57 grads) | 316 |
| Rend Lake College Ina | Associate's degree | — | $13,702 (31 grads) | 161 |
| Shawnee Community College Ullin | Associate's degree | — | $12,221 (15 grads) | 152 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College Chicago | Associate's degree | $6,016 | not published | 198 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College Chicago | Associate's degree | $5,530 | not published | 97 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College Chicago | Associate's degree | $6,488 | not published | 254 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College Chicago | Associate's degree | $7,374 | not published | 96 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College Chicago | Associate's degree | — | not published | 240 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College Chicago | Associate's degree | $4,825 | not published | 566 |
| Judson University Elgin | Associate's degree | $24,979 | not published | 12 |
| Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey | Undergraduate certificate | $8,750 | not published | 249 |
| Loyola University Chicago Chicago | Associate's degree | $7,761 | not published | 22 |
| South Suburban College South Holland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 181 |
| Black Hawk College Moline | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 237 |
| Carl Sandburg College Galesburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 128 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College Chicago | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 500 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College Chicago | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 136 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College Chicago | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 67 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College Chicago | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 120 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College Chicago | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 48 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College Chicago | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 170 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College Chicago | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 376 |
| College of Lake County Grayslake | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 897 |
| Danville Area Community College Danville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| East-West University Chicago | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Elgin Community College Elgin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 442 |
| Heartland Community College Normal | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 146 |
| Highland Community College Freeport | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 98 |
| Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Olney | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 233 |
| John Wood Community College Quincy | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 46 |
| Joliet Junior College Joliet | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Kankakee Community College Kankakee | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 105 |
| Kaskaskia College Centralia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 61 |
| Kishwaukee College Malta | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 146 |
| Lake Land College Mattoon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 231 |
| Lincoln Land Community College Springfield | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| McHenry County College Crystal Lake | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 408 |
| Northwestern University Evanston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Oakton College Des Plaines | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 467 |
| Parkland College Champaign | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 163 |
| Prairie State College Chicago Heights | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Rend Lake College Ina | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 149 |
| Richland Community College Decatur | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 119 |
| Sauk Valley Community College Dixon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 132 |
| Shawnee Community College Ullin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 120 |
| South Suburban College South Holland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 107 |
| Southeastern Illinois College Harrisburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 88 |
| Southeastern Illinois College Harrisburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 95 |
| Southwestern Illinois College Belleville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Spoon River College Canton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 130 |
| Spoon River College Canton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 129 |
| Triton College River Grove | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 55 |
| Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| William Rainey Harper College Palatine | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 830 |
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.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.