City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College

Chicago, Illinois

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • City
  • 2,505 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.

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 46 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedGraduates here earned $39,683 a year after finishingNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 106 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 22 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 · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
  • Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
  • Information Science/StudiesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,800
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 57 finishedGraduates here earned $25,866 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214

Engineering technology

  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Other programs (13)
  • Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 48 finishedGraduates here earned $24,338 a year afterNationally: $33,713
  • Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,385
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Education, GeneralCertificate · 48 finishedNationally: $53,127
  • Educational/Instructional Media DesignCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $37,986
  • Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $47,691
  • Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $24,176
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 105 finishedNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 167 finishedGraduates here earned $39,675 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • MarketingCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,966
  • Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $61,888
  • Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $42,428
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$5,468$30–48k$5,267$48–75k$7,211$75–110k$10,015Over $110k$12,159Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$6,079per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$13,738sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$4,710Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
1%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
$37,9806 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$41,59210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$10,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
24%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
36%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-Harry S Truman 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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