Program Payoff

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois. 23 certificate and associate programs, private, nonprofit. 23 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Illinois.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Accounting and Related Services Undergraduate certificate not published $80,230
Accountants and Auditors
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $42,260
Emergency Medical Technicians
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate certificate not published $46,650
Pharmacy Technicians
Architecture and Related Services, Other Undergraduate certificate not published
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other Undergraduate certificate not published $159,670
Natural Sciences Managers
Business Administration, Management and Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $103,570
General and Operations Managers
Business/Commerce, General Undergraduate certificate not published $103,570
General and Operations Managers
Business/Managerial Economics Undergraduate certificate not published $104,270
Management Analysts
Communication and Media Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $76,380
Public Relations Specialists
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other Undergraduate certificate not published $76,060
Editors
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other Undergraduate certificate not published
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft Undergraduate certificate not published $62,960
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Economics Undergraduate certificate not published $79,990
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Engineering, Other Undergraduate certificate not published $163,610
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $103,570
General and Operations Managers
Finance and Financial Management Services Undergraduate certificate not published $103,570
General and Operations Managers
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other Undergraduate certificate not published
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs Undergraduate certificate not published
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $160,800
Lawyers
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Undergraduate certificate not published $59,590
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $76,060
Editors
Social Sciences, Other Undergraduate certificate not published $140,240
Managers, All Other
Sustainability Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $159,670
Natural Sciences Managers

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.