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City Colleges of Chicago: Richard J. Daley College

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Chicago, IL5,836 students
Acceptance Rate
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open admission
Median SAT
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Net Price After Aid
$3.2k
Sticker $14.4k
Graduation Rate
34%
6-year, full-time

City Colleges of Chicago: Richard J. Daley College is a public institution in Chicago, IL and 5,836 students. The average net price after financial aid is $3,166 per year.

About City Colleges of Chicago: Richard J. Daley College

A public 4-year urban university in Chicago, IL.

City Colleges of Chicago: Richard J. Daley College campus
Campus · Chicago

City Colleges of Chicago: Richard J. Daley College is a college in Chicago, IL. It enrolls roughly 5,836 students.

Great LakesUrbanPublic4-yearConstruction
Acceptance Rate
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Open Admission
Total Enrollment
5,836
Medium
Retention
64%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
34%
6-year, full-time

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Admitted Student GPA
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Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into City Colleges of Chicago: Richard J. Daley College. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at City Colleges of Chicago: Richard J. Daley College after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
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Tuition $14,430
Average net price after aid
$3,166
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$2,222
$30,001 – $48,000
$2,293
$48,001 – $75,000
$5,441
$75,001 – $110,000
$6,819
$110,001 +
N/A

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
19%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
0%
Avg loan $3,500 / year
Avg Grant Aid
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Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at City Colleges of Chicago: Richard J. Daley College concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
31:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Construction
38% of degrees awarded
Retention
64%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends City Colleges of Chicago: Richard J. Daley College. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White5%
  • Asian30%
  • Hispanic28%
  • Black6%
  • Two or more races24%
  • International7%

Gender

  • Female41%
  • Male59%
International
18%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
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Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
5,836

Outcomes after graduation

What City Colleges of Chicago: Richard J. Daley College graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$38.0k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
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Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
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Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
34%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$38.0k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$3.5k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$3.2k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$38k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 34% graduation rate is below the national average.

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