Program Payoff

Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions programs in Illinois

28 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

Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Illinois earn a median of $63,220 a year across 19,860 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Illinois
Psychiatric Technicians$46,2009,410
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$92,8607,740
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$83,7505,810
Healthcare Social Workers$64,2704,910
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$49,9603,460

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College Chicago Undergraduate certificate not published 1
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College Chicago Associate's degree not published 0
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College Chicago Undergraduate certificate not published 13
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College Chicago Associate's degree not published 6
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College Chicago Undergraduate certificate not published 43
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College Chicago Associate's degree not published 0
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College Chicago Undergraduate certificate not published 15
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College Chicago Undergraduate certificate not published 10
College of DuPage Glen Ellyn Undergraduate certificate not published 5
College of DuPage Glen Ellyn Associate's degree not published 11
College of Lake County Grayslake Undergraduate certificate not published 5
College of Lake County Grayslake Associate's degree not published 3
Elgin Community College Elgin Undergraduate certificate not published 7
Elgin Community College Elgin Associate's degree not published 0
Heartland Community College Normal Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Illinois Central College East Peoria Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Illinois Central College East Peoria Associate's degree not published 1
Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills Undergraduate certificate not published 8
Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills Associate's degree not published 9
Oakton College Des Plaines Undergraduate certificate not published 9
Oakton College Des Plaines Associate's degree not published 2
Parkland College Champaign Undergraduate certificate not published 15
Rock Valley College Rockford Undergraduate certificate not published 0
South Suburban College South Holland Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College Rockford Undergraduate certificate not published 16
Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove Undergraduate certificate not published 5
Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove Associate's degree not published 0

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.