City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College
Chicago, Illinois
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 4,207 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 52 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 67 finishedGraduates here earned $51,399 a year after finishingNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Information Science/StudiesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,800
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
Engineering technology
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 40 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Other programs (24)
- Architectural Sciences and TechnologyAssociate degree · 25 finishedNationally: $47,589
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $35,863
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 143 finishedGraduates here earned $35,767 a year afterNationally: $33,713
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $51,339
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 26 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Human Resources Management and ServicesCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $50,359
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 367 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 663 finishedGraduates here earned $36,822 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MarketingCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $43,966
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $38,048
- MusicCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $27,777
- MusicAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $28,590
- Social WorkCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $38,578
- Social WorkAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,827
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $22,303
- Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,477
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign LanguageAssociate degree · 0 finished
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $6,462per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $14,384sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,710Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 2%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 26%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $36,9546 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $42,88510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $6,990federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 23%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 32%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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